BSD Install ISO will not boot on Low End G3

[Super Bisquit]

How did you make the 9.0 SNAPSHOT that worked for me last year?


On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Super Bisquit <superbisquit at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm using the January 30, 2011 release.  Using mount -o loop /path/to/iso
> /mount/directory doesn't show any hfs boot areas on the first level
> directory. There is boot1.hfs on the second level directory in boot.
>
> Past installs were with April 2010 9.0 SNAPSHOT and 8.1 release.
> never could get the rescue to work on the G3. It's not a big hassle to do
> an install using the howto.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Peter Grehan <grehan at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> The correct command sequence is:
>>> boot cd:,\BOOT\LOADER.;1 cd:0
>>>
>>
>>  Works on a g5 iMac, though I get a hang just after the teken message.
>>
>>  Does the bsdinstaller CD have the same issue with hard-links that the
>> rescue CD has ? i.e. prevents the hybrid HFS/ISO9660 format from being used
>> ?
>>
>> later,
>>
>> Peter.
>>
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