Can't boot on DVD to install

[jt]

Depends on the system setup...and the number of ports the computer has...for
instance my machine lists my hd's as ultra0 and ultra1... "0" being the
first drive and "1" being the second...you need to check where the disks are
mounted...there is an obvious difference in location between an HD and a CD
/ DVD in terms of locations...without seeing that your best bet...as there
are probably only about two devices and you are mounting the root....is to
test the two...my rule of thumb is top down...but you can also use the
command "dev / ls" to check the root...kinda cool and kinda bizarre...i just
had a correspondence similar to this....but once you figure it out...you got
it.  Best of luck...(if all else fails just test them)

-jt


On 16/11/05 18-9, "edward" <kouye at wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> 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:
>> 
>> 
>>> 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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