Powermac B&W G3 install status and questions
Super Biscuit
super_bisquit at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 15 20:58:11 UTC 2010
Ok.
I've tried the options with the root and boot partitions.
Loading with hd:2 sends me to a commands option.
The shell on the install cd only allow me to run cd and install.
Which server will have the live image-iso for powerpc?
I see the kernel in /boot/kernel but it doesn't load.
Would it be better to download the bootfile and write it to the partition using a live cd?
--- On Thu, 4/15/10, Justin Hibbits <jrh29 at alumni.cwru.edu> wrote:
From: Justin Hibbits <jrh29 at alumni.cwru.edu>
Subject: Re: Powermac B&W G3 install status and questions
To: "Super Biscuit" <super_bisquit at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Richard DeLaurell" <richard.delaurell at gmail.com>, freebsd-ppc at freebsd.org
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 5:39 PM
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Super Biscuit <super_bisquit at yahoo.com> wrote:
The suggestion didn't work; but, thanks for replying.
boot hd:3,\\:tbxi DISK-LABEL: LOAD (noninterposed) not supportedload-size=0 adler32=1
LOAD-SIZE is too small
ok
0 >
--- On Thu, 4/15/10, Richard DeLaurell <richard.delaurell at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Richard DeLaurell <richard.delaurell at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Powermac B&W G3 install status and questions
To: "Super Biscuit" <super_bisquit at yahoo.com>
Cc: freebsd-ppc at freebsd.org
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 5:00 PM
I am working from memory here, but I believe your boot command should look something like this:
boot hd:#,\\:tbxi
# is (I believe) the disk partition you're booting from; that should be the location of your tbxi file.
This would be if you placed the tbxi file in the base directory on the #th partition of your 1st hard drive.
As I say, this is from memory since my G3 died quite a while ago.
I am sorry if this is not helpful.
Good luck--
Richard DeLaurell
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Super Biscuit <super_bisquit at yahoo.com> wrote:
I've been able to install 8.0 powerpc to a G3 with 384M RAM.
Apologies beforehand, there are a few questions.
What is the open firmware command for booting?
Mac-boot repeats a bad partition error.
Should I have created a /boot partition?
Currently, only a base system is installed.
Will it be better to use an older release?
If you need the system stats, I can post them. It will have to be done through a Linux dmesg output.
You may need to boot through the CD. I don't know if the 8.0 installer installs a bootstrap partition, so try something like:
boot cd:,\boot\loader hd:3
This will use the boot CD's loader, and boot to hd:3 (/dev/ad0s3) as the root.
You may also want to look at http://wiki.freebsd.org/powerpc, which has a link to a new install guide for ppc.
- Justin
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