FreeBSD 8.1-release on PowerBook G4 - is firewire disks supported?

[Torfinn Ingolfsen]

On Sun, 10 Oct 2010 17:12:32 -0400
Paul Mather <paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu> wrote:

> I recently ran into the same problem.  Firewire support is built in to the kernel but not, I discovered, the sbp device support.  So, to get FireWire drives to show up, you need to "load sbp" from the FreeBSD boot > loader.  The easiest way to do this is to press space when you get the countdown to booting the kernel from the FreeBSD boot loader.  This will drop you into the FreeBSD boot loader prompt. 
> Then, type "load sbp" followed by "boot" to boot FreeBSD.  The booted system will then recognise your external FireWire drive as a daX device.

That worked nicely - thanks!
And loading sbp from /boot/loader.conf also works, so I finally was
able to install FreeBSD on this PowerBook (well, on the external drive
really), even if it wasn't easy. More info here:
http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powerbook_g4_freebsd

I'll write more later. Now I need to sleep.
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Regards,
Torfinn