Can't boot on DVD to install

[edward]

Hi James,
It does help, but I need a bit more... Running devalias gives me a list 
of devices that I am having a hard time figuring out. The firewire 
devices seem to be labeled fwx, fw1 and fw.
Any clue how I can figure out who is who ?
(you may have gathered by now I am kind of new to OF. Don't worry 
though, I learn fast...)
Edward

jt wrote:
> Sure, seems like you are trying to load the default DVD drive...when
> connecting something new you need to check the proper OpenFirmware
> alias...so when you pop into OF -- type "devalias" scroll down and see where
> the external drive corresponds with the actual location...and exchange the
> "cd" for the "value delineated for external drive in OF" -- hope that
> helps...
> 
> -jt
> 
> On 16/11/05 17-41, "edward" <kouye at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
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>>Hi,
>>I dowloaded and burned 7.0-20051105-SNAP-powerpc-disc1.iso and tried an
>>install on a PowerBook G4 667. I use an external DVD drive connected via
>>firewire. FreeBSD is to be installed on a 5 GB partition on an external
>>firewire disk, with another available partition for swap on the same
>>disk. I have an external USB keyboard + mouse.
>>With the FreeBSD DVD in the external drive, I booted into open firmware
>>and typed :
>>boot cd:,\boot\loader cd:0
>>I get :
>>can't OPEN: cd:,\boot\loader
>>Any idea what is going wrong ?
>>Thanks guys,
>>Edward
>>
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