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| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/macppc/hardware | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/macppc/install | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/macppc/prep | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/macppc/whatis | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | distrib/notes/macppc/xfer | 14 |
5 files changed, 35 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/notes/macppc/hardware b/distrib/notes/macppc/hardware index ea2e25f73a9..38742493c8d 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/macppc/hardware +++ b/distrib/notes/macppc/hardware @@ -1,15 +1,16 @@ OpenBSD/MACHINE OSREV runs on iMac, G4 Power Macintosh, G4 Cube as well -As PowerBook and iBook machines. +as PowerBook and iBook machines. Machines with older firmware: 6xxx, 7xxx 8xxx, and 9xxx machines are not supported. PowerMac G3 Beige and B&W G3 are unknown. Has been tested on iMac Revs A-C as well as on iMac DV(+) machines, several Power Macintosh G4 systems (single and dual processor), as well as the -G4 Cube. For portables, PowerBook G3, PowerBook G4 have been tested, -iBook minimally tested. Note that power saving features on portables -are very limited, no power management features are available, suspend/sleep -is not supported. +G4 Cube. For portables, PowerBook G3, PowerBook G4 and iBook have been +tested. Note that power saving features on portables are very limited, +no power management features are available, suspend/sleep is not supported. +However battery level and status charging/AC connected/AC disconnected +is now supported via an APM emulation layer. Supported devices {:-include-:}: @@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ Supported devices {:-include-:}: Serial ports: Built-in Zilog 8530-based serial ports. + Internal modems not supported on all models. Ethernet adapters: Digital DC21x4x-based PCI Ethernet adapters, including: @@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ Supported devices {:-include-:}: Atapi CD-ROM drives Atapi DVD-ROM drives Atapi DVD-RAM drives (read-only) + Atapi DVD-RW drives (read-only?) Atapi CD-RW drives. Keyboard: @@ -57,5 +60,5 @@ Supported devices {:-include-:}: USB Hubs. USB printers. -The built-in modem and firewire (IEEE1394) ports in some machines are not -currently supported. +The built-in firewire (IEEE1394) ports available in some machines is +not supported. diff --git a/distrib/notes/macppc/install b/distrib/notes/macppc/install index f1bea1c78ed..d5b52ade778 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/macppc/install +++ b/distrib/notes/macppc/install @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ on the whole disk or share the disk with MacOS. For stand-alone (No MacOS installed) or dedicated disks, the MBR installation method should be chosen and no additional prep is necessary. -If it is to shared the disk with MacOS a partition must be preallocated +If the disk is to be shared with MacOS a partition must be preallocated by the MacOS partition editor and MacOS installed to the proper partition. This expects that the HFS partition will be the first partition on the disk, and then the OpenBSD partition will follow. -This may require the disk be reformatted and reinstalled under MacOS -using the "Drive Setup" application. +This may require the disk be reformatted using the "Drive Setup" application +and reinstalled under MacOS. OpenBSDInstallPart2 @@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ OpenBSDInstallPart2 if the process is followed carefully. Currently it is necessary to use OpenFirmware commands to dual boot between OS's, or multiple drives may be used with each OS owning drive(s). - Note that on many of the systems is it not possible to - automatically boot OpenBSD at this time. + It is also possible on some newer models to set up the system + to auto boot OpenBSD and if MacOS is desired, choose it using + the firmware boot selector by holding down the <option> key + during reboot and selecting the MacOS Disk icon. (Refer to "Preparing your System for OpenBSD Installation" above for information on how to access and boot from Open Firmware) diff --git a/distrib/notes/macppc/prep b/distrib/notes/macppc/prep index 8c03e0a46ad..70232ccd8e9 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/macppc/prep +++ b/distrib/notes/macppc/prep @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ setenv auto-boot? false (force the machine to wait at Open Firmware for user input at next reboot; options are true/false) -setenv boot-device ide:,ofwboot /bsd +setenv boot-device ide:,ofwboot (force the machine to boot into OpenBSD automatically at next reboot) @@ -81,16 +81,16 @@ available. Sharing a disk with MacOS: -OpenBSD/MACHINE is now capable of booting either from a dedicated -disk using a MBR partitioned disk or sharing a disk with MacOS. +OpenBSD/MACHINE is capable of booting either from a dedicated disk using +a MBR partitioned disk or sharing a disk with MacOS. If the disk is to be shared between MacOS and OpenBSD, it is necessary to reformat and install the MacOS partitions first, using "Drive Setup", leaving space on the disk as an "Unused" partition. -If the disk was previously partitioned, it is possible to reuse a Pariti on -for OpenBSD, as long as it is not the first Pariti on on the disk. -The bootloader is expected to be found in that first (HFS) Pariti on. +If the disk was previously partitioned, it is possible to reuse a Partition +for OpenBSD, as long as it is not the first Partition on the disk. +The bootloader is expected to be found in that first (HFS) Partition. For dedicated disks, MACHINE port boots off a boot program in -an MSDOS filesystem. This is now set up by the install program +an MSDOS filesystem. This is set up by the install program and no special setup is required. diff --git a/distrib/notes/macppc/whatis b/distrib/notes/macppc/whatis index 925206ea1ab..b8303d9f8d6 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/macppc/whatis +++ b/distrib/notes/macppc/whatis @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ For MACHINE, OpenBSD OSREV adds support for more machines, PowerBook G3, PowerBook G4, iBooks and newer iMac systems. System stability is greatly -improved. Sharing of disks between OpenBSD/MACHINE and MacOS is now supported. +improved. Sharing of disks between OpenBSD/MACHINE and MacOS is supported. +Booting OpenBSD from CD and automatically rebooting into OpenBSD is now +supported, with proper Open Firmware settings. diff --git a/distrib/notes/macppc/xfer b/distrib/notes/macppc/xfer index 9df9b4bb487..74a71da51ee 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/macppc/xfer +++ b/distrib/notes/macppc/xfer @@ -2,18 +2,20 @@ Installation is supported from several media types, including: CDROM FFS partitions - HFS partitions (bootloader only, in conjuction with another media) + HFS partitions (bootloader/kernel only, using another media for D/L) Tape - Remote NFS partition FTP HTTP OpenBSDXferShortPrelude -Unless the machine already has openbsd installed on it, and -the bootloader can be loaded from local disk, the bootloader will -need to be loaded from the network (netboot), but from then -the system can be installed from any of the above sources. +OpenBSD now can be booted from a CDROM by holding down the 'c' key +during reboot. If ofwboot and bsd.rd is copied to a HFS partition, it +is possible to boot from those files. Then install the rest of the files +from any of the above sources. + +Note: Once a OpenBSD partition exists, it is not possible to load the +kernel (bsd.rd) from a HFS paritition on that disk. OpenBSDXferBareTape(xbase xfont xserv xshare) |