Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2019 22:05:54 +0200 From: Michael Tuexen <tuexen@freebsd.org> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: autobooting FreeBSD on Black Bird Message-ID: <9D0BD037-29F5-46CB-AF90-EE4C0572C625@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20190706181345.GB4111@lonesome.com> References: <0694EB91-05BD-4E98-BE6C-B1114D7DAE83@freebsd.org> <20190706181345.GB4111@lonesome.com>
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> On 6. Jul 2019, at 20:13, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 02:03:18PM +0200, Michael Tuexen wrote: >> Using these settings I would expect the system to boot FreeBSD >> automatically after 5 seconds. This does not happen. The system >> also tests for PXE boot although not configured above. > > I just yesterday updated the wiki article: > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/powerpc/Raptor/Blackbird > > based on my experiences with the new box sitting at my left elbow :-) > So, it's possible to make it work. Our settings appear _almost_ > identical. > > OTOH that article still has the instructions I was given to set up > remote access (at Integricloud). So, I *did* do the 'ifconfig enP4p1s0f2' > dance, whether or not it was neccessary. I didn't download the image on the host, but on a separate computer and then created a USB stick. However, this didn't work since I could not get USB to work. So I used a DVD (after adding the DVD reader to the Black Bird) and could install FreeBSD from there. FreeBSD also sees no USB at all. Not sure why. But Ethernet is working. > > So I would either try that, or set Network to "DHCP on a specific > interface", which I think I had to specify, as well. OK. I did that, but I still have to manually choose that I want to boot FreeBSD. > > Let me know what works for you and I will update the wiki article. > I expect we will have more users joining us. I hope that... Best regards Michael > > mcl
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