On 9/13/12 8:48 PM, ∅ wrote: > On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:28:01 +0300 > Lars Noodén <lars.noo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 9/13/12 8:23 PM, ∅ wrote: >>> great news! i may have a new g4 machine to do testing on. i really need >>> someone to help me with doing it all by usb. that would make it possible >>> for me to do this easily on more than one machine. i can't seem to find >>> anything that isn't as old as hardy and i'm not sure it's relevant. but i >>> need help starting with preparing the drive. anyone? > >> What worked for me for a while was to copy over the iso image using dd. >> To boot from usb hold down cmd+opt+o+f while the machine powers on. >> Then at the openfirmware prompt enter >> boot usb1/disk@1:2,\\yaboot >> Sometimes it was usb1 other times usb0 > > yeah i tried this, though i grabbed the iso and did the dd on an intel > machine. not sure if that makes any difference. considering dd functions bit > by bit, it shouldn't, but maybe someone else has some insight. > > when i try usb0, i get couldn't locate partition. > when i try usb1, i get can't open with no other explanation. > > looking at dev / ls it seems there is a /usb@1b,1/disk@1 and no usb0 from > what i can see. > > as for version: > 0 > dev /openprom > 0 > .properties > name openprom > device_type BootROM > model OpenFirmware 3 > > and the banner gives me Apple PowerBook5,4 4.8.6f0 BootROM. > > wxl > It hasn't worked for me for a while. I don't know much about how it actually works or is supposed to work. I've gone back to using DVD-RW for the time being. The USB was more convenient.
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