On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 06:52:12PM +0100, n...@nawi.is wrote:
Hello !
Good to hear, that things are working.
[ note 0:
6.5 was unable to pull new packages after the successful basic
install - with messages along the line of:
"Can't install ... can't resolve package ..."
... no idea what went wrong. 6.4 seems to work when installing new
packages after the initial install.
Check your /etc/installurl or, your $PKG_PATH as 6.5 is not out now
so, you need to replace it with snapshots, even uname reports, that it
is 6.5.
Aah, glad to hear I was just missing out on something ... might try
6.5 again .. ;)
note 1:
Both installers, IIRC, 6.5 and 6.4, don't ask for a keyboard
language setup. So be careful about the passwords you type in
during the install procedure. ]
That is normal on this platform.
Might be nice to warn people about it: I think I only was careful
about the keyboard because I was messing with Open Firmware long
enough before the install to remember the QWERTY keyboard .. ;)
Updated patch for INSTALL.macppc, attached .. ;)
If you are upgrading OpenBSD, you also have the option of installing
OpenBSD by putting the new distribution sets somewhere in your
Is there something missing ?
I assume you refer to the regular fresh install, right? If yes: No,
perfect: except my surprise after the install seeing a blinking folder
only, after rebooting to an otherwise empty screen ... ;)
I intend to send an install report as soon as I have my mail system on
6.4 up and running. (dmesg output etc ..) ... or get USB thumbs
mounted on OBSD to transfer the reports to a Linux system ... :)
Regards,
Wolfgang
updated diff:
--- INSTALL.macppc 2019-02-26 23:41:53.297984851 +0100
+++ INSTALL.macppc.new 2019-03-11 21:04:30.751223925 +0100
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@
HFS partitions (bootloader/kernel only, using another media for d/l)
Remote NFS partition
HTTP
+ USB
The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets for installation
depend on which method of installation you choose. Some methods
@@ -295,6 +296,47 @@
Once the NFS server is set up properly and you have the
information mentioned above, you can proceed to the next
step in the installation or upgrade process.
+
+
+You can also boot the installer with a USB thumb: To do that enter
+Open Firmware - see below how to do that. At the OF prompt type
+
+0 > dev / ls
+
+ A device tree is drawn: Search for lines like those:
+
+ /pci@f2000000
+ /usb@18
+ /disk@1
+
+ Note they are mixed with other lines in the tree. And they
+ might look different on your machine, like
+
+ /pci@f2000000
+ /usb@15
+ /disk@1
+
+ Now type:
+
+0> devalias
+
+ Look for lines that match a /usb number from above: one might
+ look like so:
+
+ usb0 pci@f000000/@15
+
+ Here's the final part. Type something like this - taking into
+ account the last example line from OF, and the ones above
+ ("/usb@15 /disk@1") to boot the openbsd installer:
+
+boot usb0/disk@1:2,ofwboot /6.4/macppc/bsd.rd
+
+ You have lots more details on this usb install on the
+ following page - a page that was instrumental to get this
+ USB install working:
+
+https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2012/08/msg00042.html
+
If you are upgrading OpenBSD, you also have the option of installing
OpenBSD by putting the new distribution sets somewhere in your
@@ -1019,9 +1061,12 @@
When prompted, select the (U)pgrade option rather than the (I)nstall
option at the prompt in the install process.
-You will be presented with a welcome message, and depending on how you are
-connected to the system, you will be asked to set the terminal type or to
-choose a keyboard layout.
+You will be presented with a welcome message, and depending on how you
+are connected to the system, you will be asked to set the terminal
+type or to choose a keyboard layout. But normally on this platform you
+won't be asked for a keyboard layout. So be aware you have a QWERTY
+keyboard when later on during the install you'll be asked for typing
+in passwords.
The upgrade script will ask you for the existing root partition, and
will use the existing filesystems defined in /etc/fstab to install the
