autobooting FreeBSD on Black Bird

[Michael Tuexen]

> On 6. Jul 2019, at 20:13, Mark Linimon <linimon at lonesome.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 02:03:18PM +0200, Michael Tuexen wrote:
>> Using these settings I would expect the system to boot FreeBSD
>> automatically after 5 seconds. This does not happen. The system
>> also tests for PXE boot although not configured above.
> 
> I just yesterday updated the wiki article:
> 
>  https://wiki.freebsd.org/powerpc/Raptor/Blackbird
Something you might want to add there.

To get autobooting to work, I had to edit the file /boot/etc/kboot.conf on my SSD.
I had to add the line 'default=FreeBSD'.
So it reads now:
tuexen at blackbird:~ % cat /boot/etc/kboot.conf 
default=FreeBSD
FreeBSD='/kernel/kernel kernelname=/boot/kernel/kernel vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ada0p2'

I figured that out by finding https://github.com/open-power/petitboot/issues/49

The system automatically boots now into FreeBSD...

Now I have to figure out what the missing USB support is about.

Best regards
Michael
> 
> based on my experiences with the new box sitting at my left elbow :-)
> So, it's possible to make it work.  Our settings appear _almost_
> identical.
> 
> OTOH that article still has the instructions I was given to set up
> remote access (at Integricloud).  So, I *did* do the 'ifconfig enP4p1s0f2'
> dance, whether or not it was neccessary.
> 
> So I would either try that, or set Network to "DHCP on a specific
> interface", which I think I had to specify, as well.
> 
> Let me know what works for you and I will update the wiki article.
> I expect we will have more users joining us.
> 
> mcl