Problems Installing FreeBSD-PPC

[David S. Besade]

Hey everyone,

Update: Okay so it is possible to load the kernel from a Mac Running MacOS X
to another Mac. Here is what I have done so far:

My Dhcpd is the one from ISC, the config is basic, with no machine specific
code in it what-so-ever. The tftp server is the one that¹s built in,
basicalled editied the xinetd.d files. And the NFS server is controlled with
netinfo. Now each on of those is working right now.

I went into open firmware on the iMac and type boot enet:,loader

I TFTP's to my G4, grabs loader, and executes, now, the boot -s command just
tells me can't find a bootable kernel, so I circumvent this by typing load
kernel/kernel which loads "kernel" in the kernel folder. Now when that¹s
done, I type show (which shows the current vars) and make sure nfsroot and
nfsserver are correct, change them accordingly, and then type boot -s, which
loads my kernel, and all is swell.

Now here lays the problem, I get to <mountroot> and I type NFS, and it spits
out:

Mounting root from nfs
Nfs_diskless: no interface
Root mount failed: -1


I have come so far, when so many said this was impossible to do Mac to Mac,
I disagreed and I am so close. Can someone help me out here? The iMac is a
400Mhz G3, 512MB RAM, 40GB IDE HDD, DVD Slot Loading Optical Drive,
firewire, USB, etc ATI Rage 128 AGP (onboard) it is the first gen slot
loading machine.


P.S. Thanks for all who pointed me in the right direction

~Regards
Dave