[ECFT] pkgng 0.1-alpha1: a replacement for pkg_install

[Super Bisquit]

Go through the mailing lists. You can only boot 64bit on 64bit and 32bit on
32bit for FreeBSD. Debian needs to boot a 64bit kernel for 64bit machines.

I made the reply because that is similar to the BTX bootloader.
Let Baptiste get a powerpc machine and try using that bootloader, it won't
work.
It won't work on sparc (64/ultra), and it won't work on arm.


On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Garrett Cooper <gcooper at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Super Bisquit <superbisquit at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > The ppc 32bit series does not boot directly into the boot loader prompt.
> You
> > have to:
> > A) Hold logo+opt+o+f and then
> >    1) setenv boot-device hd#
> >    2) mac-boot
> >    3) Wait for the boot sequence to allow you to make interaction
> >    4) Hit the space bar and then type boot -s
> > B)
> >     1) Hold down the option key.
> >     2) Wait,  and choose the icon of harddisk.
> >     3) Follow 3 and 4 above
> > C) If you have more than one installation, set the current device you
> want
> > to be   active  from the OF prompt and then:
> >    1) Follow 3 and 4 from A above.
> >
> > Unless he is going to write that script in forth, you can count out both
> > PowerPC(32 and 64) and UltraSPARC boxes.
> >
> > If you can get the BTX loader to work on the architectures I just
> mentioned,
> > let me know, because the rest of us can't.
>
>     Huh? This seems way outside of what I was referring to.
>    The powerpc64 architecture does support 32-bit on 64-bit (biarch)
> support. Whether or not it's supported in FreeBSD I don't remember.
> Thanks,
> -Garrett
>