Yes, the link https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.3/macppc/INSTALL.macppc did not said nothing about usb, but you can make dd of cd iso and use usb disk like a disk with openfirmware
boot ide1:,ofwboot /bsd (example) at least work me in Ibook,powerbook,Macmini,Imac without any problem, you can use the printenv variable of usb disk, or you can search with ls the device tree and put the name of usb disk instead the printenv variable. I never try with Gcube.. Regards --- Rino ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Wednesday, September 26, 2018 8:31 AM, Daniel Boyd <danieljb...@icloud.com> wrote: > Booting via USB isn’t officially supported, so your mileage may vary. I never > could get it working on my G4 Cube (which has a dead CD drive). I ended up > doing TFTP/NFS network booting which is officially supported. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Sep 26, 2018, at 5:16 AM, Rino Rondan rron...@itrestauracion.com.ar > > wrote: > > Lucas, which model do you have? You can install with usb , I did it , you > > can start looking https://www.openbsd.org/macppc.html, in the part of > > installation you have the ways to do it . You need to use some command in > > openfirmware to but the usb drive. Also you can prepare de image in the > > disk drive too. > > Regards > > — > > Rino > > > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 6:46 AM, Lucas ostrogoth...@airmail.cc wrote: > > > I recently got my hands on a 1.42GHZ Emac with a faulty disk drive, is it > > > possible to use a usb or firewire external disk drive to install OpenBSD > > > and if not is there another way to install OpenBSD on my Emac? > > > Thanks.
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