Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:06:48 -0400 From: Chris Carr <carrch@mac.com> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Loader/installer problems - can't load 'kernel' Message-ID: <D393E536-D4F0-4015-9F1F-36C880035FF5@mac.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I've tried to install FreeBSD 8.2 on two different Macs which both have bad optical drives. So I am trying to perform the install from removable media. I've tried USB flash drive and an external firewire HD. Neither is working. I can get the loader to boot (manually through open firmware) but I can never get past the loader. It always ends up saying "can't load 'kernel'." When trying to boot installer from the USB drive I also get could not open <OF device tree path>, a few times before it gives up with "can't load 'kernel'." I followed the steps from this post: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=25266 . I can use dir <OF device tree path>,:\ to list the contents of the install CD on the flash drive. I've passed the argument of the <OF device tree path> to the loader when I run the boot command. When I run lsdev, it shows no block devices available. Should I give up and set up a DHCP/TFTP/NFS server and run the install that way? Thanks for any help you can offer! Thanks! Chris
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?D393E536-D4F0-4015-9F1F-36C880035FF5>