I'm going back over the install process for 5.0, and I see something I have a bad habit of forgetting.
On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 23:42:49 +0900 Joel Rees <joel_r...@sannet.ne.jp> wrote: > On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:34:46 +1100 > cbsol...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Hello openBSD ppc mail list, > > > > I tried installing OpenBSD on my mac powerbook 1 ghz. I am running OS X > > 10.5.8. > > > > My internal DVD super drive is broken, so I tried installing via > > external firewire DVD. This did not work. I then tried to install via > > a lacie external usb optical disk drive, this too failed. I then placed > > ofwboot and bsd.rd in / of my OSX volume. My volumes looked like this: > > > > /dev/disk0 > > #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER > > 0: Apple_partition_scheme *149.1 Gi disk0 > > 1: Apple_partition_map 31.5 Ki disk0s1 > > 2: Apple_HFS OSX 40.0 Gi disk0s3 > > 3: Apple_HFS Data 98.3 Gi disk0s5 > > 4: Apple_HFS BSD 10.4 Gi disk0s7 > > I haven't looked at the install process for 5.0, but I used type "OpenBSD" on > the obsd partition for 4.8. ofwboot gets confused when you try to boot from a bsd install kernel in an hfs(+) Mac-volume/partition and there is already an OpenBSD Mac-volume/partition in existence. Try using the Mac OS pdisk utility to change the OpenBSD partition type to HFS. No need to format it, just change the type. Then try booting the install image from the Mac OS X volume. > > I also tried this entire process with the BSD slice befor the Data > > slice, that is BSD would be disk0s5 and Data would be disk0s7, but this > > failed as well > > The Mac volume holding ofwboot should be the "first" Mac volume, ergo, the > first one not the partition scheme or the volume map here. That would be your > Mac OS X volume, but my memory is that it's prefered to put that in a > partition that doesn't contain Mac OS X, so you might want to think about > cutting the Mac volumes over again, putting a small, otherwise empty > partition ahead of your Mac OS X partion, just for ofwboot. > > > I rebooted held opt-cmd-o-f and started in openfirmware. At the open > > firmware prompt I typed boot hd:,ofwboot bsd.rd. I got the following > > message. > > > > Note: I broke the following lines with \ to read easier in the email. > > > > / ok > > 0 > boot hd:,ofwboot bsd.rd load-size=fe28 adler32=d93e276c > > Did you try "/bsd.rd"? > > > Loading ELF > > >> OpenBSD/macppc BOOT 1.1 > > /pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:/etc/boot.conf: line too long > > boot> > > Possibly reading Mac OS X's /etc/boot.conf? (Hmm. Did Mac OS X have such a > file? Not seeing it in 10.2. Maybe this question is a red herring.) > > > booting /pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:bsd.rd: \ > > /pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:bsd.rd > > Inappropriate file type or format > > failed(79) will try /bsd > > boot> > > booting /pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:/bsd: \ > > /pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:bsd > > Inappropriate file type or format > > failed(79) will try /bsd > > Turning timeout off. > > > > Does anyone have any idea why I am getting this error? > > I myself haven't been successful, as far as I know, getting ofwboot to read > bsd.rd from a Macintosh formatted volume. > > I get the feeling I'm not offering much help here. > > -- > Joel Rees <joel_r...@sannet.ne.jp> > -- Joel Rees <joel_r...@sannet.ne.jp>
