Re: Performing installer tests on PowerMac with USB sticks
Finally the installation is running with the following command:
boot usb0/disk@1:2,\install\yaboot
I thought the new bootloader is GRUB?
Thanks in advance
> Am 04.05.2019 um 11:44 schrieb Linux User #330250 <linuxuser330250@gmx.net>:
>
> Am 01.05.19 um 12:18 schrieb aggaz:
>> After reading your email I was able to see that with a USB stick
>> inserted at boot a disk device indeed shows up in the device tree
>> (visible by using the command "dev / ls"), but I am still not able to
>> list its files by using the command "dir".
>
>
> Which command are you using?
>
> I've seen similiar issues when using a devalias, e.g. hd:, instead I had
> to use ultra1: for my first ATA HDD. That seems odd considering that the
> Mac boots fine with the command boot hd:, yet seems unable to list files
> on that very same device (alias).
>
>
> Did you try the full device tree path as well?
>
> Should look like:
>
>> dir /pci@f2000000/mac-io@17/ata-3@20000/disk@0:3,\
>
> Or, for a USB path:
>
>> dir /ht@0,f2000000/pci@4/usb@b/disk@2:2,\
>
> (yours will look different, as those from above are from a Power Mac G5)
>
>
>> By the way, the USB stick contains a dd'ed debian ISO image and it is
>> possible to browse its files on a PowerMac G5 (PowerMac11,2).
>
>
> That is the same way I did it, I used dd on my Linux machine and
> successfully booted the netinst image on my iBook G3 from 1999.
>
>
>> I think I am using the correct OF path, derived by looking at the device
>> tree and by comparison with the working path on the G5.
>
>
> Are you using an alias like usb0: or ud0: or are you using the full
> device tree as the path? (BTW, I would try both...)
>
>
>> For what is worth, I think that a developer in need to test several CD
>> images without burning them should consider investing in a FireWire HD.
>> As far as I know booting from FireWire should be much easier, but I
>> never tried it.
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>
> Which reminds me... I have a FireWire SATA dock that I use with PCs (USB
> 3.0 or eSATA) and Macs (FW400 and FW800). But I've had issues with this
> dock when trying to boot from it. Somehow it doesn't always show up as a
> valid boot option. Another similar dock always worked (but I have given
> this other dock away, thinking they are the same), so I'm guessing that
> it must be some weird time-out issue or such, as all the disks work once
> booted up.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Linux User #330250
>
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