For you information, I have just take a few minutes to try the miniinst
iso on a Pegasos I:
using boot /pci/ide/cd boot/loader.;1 it has been able to boot but
freeze after/while loading loader.conf.
Here is a trace (handcopied)
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FreeBSD/Open Firmware/PowerPC bootstrap loader, Revision 0.1
(ro...@emacfbsd.ptree32.com.au, Wed Dec 29 11:32.39 UTC 2004)
Memory: 262144KB
Booted from: /pci@80000000/ide7,1/cd@1,1
Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
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I'm surprised it made it that far! I can absolutely guarantee that the
kernel won't work even if it could be loaded because the system
controller used on the Pegasos isn't supported.
To debug the loader, I'd recommend inserting printfs in appropriate
places. From the above, it looks like it's falling over somewhere while
loading the kernel. Be prepared to do lots of CD burning if you can't
boot over the net :)
later,
Peter.
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