Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 22:15:54 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> To: jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Half-dead G4 Message-ID: <6B401446-ADAB-4D1E-BB21-39D51A9F6DFC@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20080102173956.GA22669@volatile.engineering.cwru.edu> References: <200712301041.36623.jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> <20080101173551.cc92a546.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <200801011239.55665.jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> <477BB7A8.6030200@gwi.net> <20080102173956.GA22669@volatile.engineering.cwru.edu>
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On Jan 2, 2008, at 9:39 AM, jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu wrote: > Related, I tried some boot experiments, and it does appear to boot, or > at least attempt to boot, an OS, since with no drive installed when I > hit the power button it powers off immediately, but with a bootable > disk > hooked up (CD or hard drive) it gets to the point where I need to hold > it in for 5+ seconds before it powers off. This leads me to believe > that perhaps it's switched into some sort of "Apple-only" mode, or OFW > thinks the console exists somewhere else (serial?) in which case I'm > probably boned unless I can find information on setting up a serial > console for a G4, which so far I haven't. Serial consoles work out if the box. That is, when you set the console to be serial in OFW, FreeBSD uses that. This is known to work on a Xserve G4. However, you do need a machine with an actual serial port, not a built-in modem. -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com
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