Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:27:53 -0500 From: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: matt <sendtomatt@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Usb image does not boot Message-ID: <CA%2BWntOsYdgn2v5JOE6mr%2BSXZdWw_8xQrsfKMt4GTJ8ZP4%2Bu2oQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <50FC9ED9.4080003@gmail.com> References: <CA%2BWntOu-efJwyFRjX1UMjTuTG3a5swMVxL7YmTiLo=CzKyF_Mw@mail.gmail.com> <50FC9ED9.4080003@gmail.com>
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Matt and Nathan, I'm going to try using qemu and a debian image to set up the usb key and then using it to go for the regular disk. I'll also try matt's suggestion. On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 8:50 PM, matt <sendtomatt@gmail.com> wrote: > On 01/20/13 16:39, Super Bisquit wrote: >> I've used the forth prompt to set the boot device for usb@18/disk@1. >> Maybe the usb disk needs to be set up the same way a normal disk does >> with an HFS boot partition followed by the UFS partition. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > Don't use boot-device (it's too fast, or the OF console isn't loaded or > something), just type 'boot /pci@f2000000/usb@18/disk@1:,\ppc\boot1.elf' > I think that path to the boot1 file is correct, correct me if I'm wrong. > Another thing to try is 'dir /pci@f2000000/usb@18/disk@1:,\' that should > list the contents of the usb drive. > > This could also be related to the fact some mac laptops will not > properly sync their nvram after changes are made in OF. > In that case it would ignore the new boot-device. > > Matt
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