By now, i guess you have read George's mail, with the fact it may not work at all, i thought it worked everywhere.
It's even easier, i just tested it successfully on my Mac Mini G4! About, your other questions: i've just dd'd cd69.iso into /dev/sdNc, like you probably did :) On Fri, 11 Jun 2021 19:26:33 +0200 "Samuel VISCAPI" <samuel.visc...@no-log.org> wrote: > Dear charlène, > > Thank you for your quick reply, really appreciated :) > > I'm sorry but I fail to see the additional steps required to make > this work: > > 0 > dev / ls > > ff9b1200: /usb@1b, 1 > ff9e3c20: /disk@1 > > 0 > devalias > > ud /pci@f2000000/usb@1b, 1/disk@1 > > 0 > boot ud/disk@1:2,ofwboot /6.9/macppc/bsd.rd > > can't OPEN: ud/disk@1:2,ofwboot > Can't open device or file > ok > 0> > > Could the root issue come instead from the USB drive ? Maybe my dd > command is faulty or I'm not using the right ISO file... > > Best regards, > > Samuel > > > Hi, > > > > You will need some additional steps to do so, see > > https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ppc&m=155231977928919&q=mbox > > > > Charlène. > > > > On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:04:15 +0200 > > "Samuel VISCAPI" <samuel.visc...@no-log.org> wrote: > > > >> Dear all, > >> > >> First post on this mailing-list :) > >> > >> I attempted yesterday to install OpenBSD 6.9 on an iBook G4 / > >> PowerBook 6,7 (currently running MorphOS) with an USB drive. I > >> downloaded this image: > >> https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.9/macppc/install69.iso and > >> dd'ed it on GNU/Linux Debian 11 x86_64 to a working USB drive with > >> the following command: > >> > >> dd if=/path/to/install69.iso of=/dev/sda > >> > >> Once the image properly copied to the USB drive I then inserted it > >> in a free USB port on the iBook G4. I booted the laptop up holding > >> ALT+APPLE+O+F down to enter Open Firmware. I believe my USB drive > >> to be aliased as "ud" in Open Firmware, so I tried to boot using > >> this command: > >> > >> boot ud:,ofwboot /6.9/macppc/bsd.rd > >> > >> But unfortunately it didn't work. What did I do wrong ? > >> > >> Best regards, > >> > >> Samuel > >> > > > > >
