HowTo: Install freebsd-ppc on a g4 mac mini?

[Torfinn Ingolfsen]

On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:35:34 -0800 (PST)
Robin Stevens <voltechs at gmail.com> wrote:

> The only part I keep getting confused about is this. How do you copy
> the loader from the FreeBSD install CD to the HFS+ partition? I can't

IIRC, I just copied from the CD while I was in Mac OS. Putting the CD
in another machine and copying it out there would also work, but then
you need a way to transfer the file to your Mac (network or usb stick?)

> Also, what if the mac is too old to understand Target mode? Holding
> "T" down on boot doesn't do anything other than give me a big O with
> a \ through it. Grey like the Apple logo. I'm sorry I need so much
> hand holding :(

If you are installing from Cd, why do you need target mode? Target mode
is a way to make a (supported) Mac behave as an external (firewire)
disk.

HTH
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Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen