Hello,
I recently dug up my old Mac Mini 1.42 GHz PPC G4 (Early 2005, First gen.). I have since tried installing FreeBSD 8.2 for PPCs, but with problems no one seem to have encountered. Note that I am trying to install from a USB stick, and NOT a CD (And the Open Firmware does support it due to the fact that I have previously booted MorphOS from the same stick.) Note that this very computer is listed under "Supported Hardware" here.
This is what I did:
1. I downloaded "FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-powerpc-disc1.iso" via BitTorrent.*
2. Extracted its contents to my USB stick.
3. Put it in my Mac Mini and started in Open Firmware.
4. Located the path to the disk (/pci@f2000000/usb@1b/disk@1).
5. Ran this:
This is what I got:
* I also tried with the "FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-powerpc-disc1.iso" version.
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Help me! What have I done wrong?
I recently dug up my old Mac Mini 1.42 GHz PPC G4 (Early 2005, First gen.). I have since tried installing FreeBSD 8.2 for PPCs, but with problems no one seem to have encountered. Note that I am trying to install from a USB stick, and NOT a CD (And the Open Firmware does support it due to the fact that I have previously booted MorphOS from the same stick.) Note that this very computer is listed under "Supported Hardware" here.
This is what I did:
1. I downloaded "FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-powerpc-disc1.iso" via BitTorrent.*
2. Extracted its contents to my USB stick.
3. Put it in my Mac Mini and started in Open Firmware.
4. Located the path to the disk (/pci@f2000000/usb@1b/disk@1).
5. Ran this:
Code:
0 > devalias ud /pci@f2000000/usb@1b/disk@1 ok
0 > boot ud:,\boot\loader ud:0
This is what I got:
Code:
0 > devalias ud /pci@f2000000/usb@1b/disk@1 ok
0 > boot ud:,\boot\loader ud:0 load-size=39e34 adler32=d2953fa
Loading ELF
Consoles: Open Firmware console
FreeBSD/powerpc Open Firmware loader, Revision 0.1
(root@xserve.lan.xcllnt.net, Sun Jul 18 04:50:11 UTC 2010)
Memory: 526288KB
Booted from: /pci@f2000000/usb@1b/disk@1
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can't load 'kernel'
Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
OK _
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I found this bloke who did the same thing, and it worked for him.
Help me! What have I done wrong?