Sparc - Installing FreeBSD
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The first step is getting your target machine to boot off of your install media. Sun's Sparc machines have a few quirks, the most relevant of which for you right now is [http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/General/OBP.html Open Boot Firmware (off-site link to sun.com's info on Open Boot parameters).] | The first step is getting your target machine to boot off of your install media. Sun's Sparc machines have a few quirks, the most relevant of which for you right now is [http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/General/OBP.html Open Boot Firmware (off-site link to sun.com's info on Open Boot parameters).] | ||
| − | Boot from the console (or console via terminal,) and during boot-up, hit the STOP button and the letter "a" on the keyboard. This will drop you to the <B>OK</> prompt. This is the Open Firmware prompt, which is a close cousin of the [http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/02/18/secure_tibook.html Mac OS X Open Firmware (off-site link)]. It may help to think of it as a BIOS-commandline. | + | Boot from the console (or console via terminal,) and during boot-up, hit the STOP button and the letter "a" on the keyboard. This will drop you to the <B>OK</b> prompt. This is the Open Firmware prompt, which is a close cousin of the [http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/02/18/secure_tibook.html Mac OS X Open Firmware (off-site link)]. It may help to think of it as a BIOS-commandline. |
The OK prompt may be displayed thus: | The OK prompt may be displayed thus: | ||
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this will only be seen on machines with multiple processors and the number within the parenthesis is to let you know which processor you're currently on. | this will only be seen on machines with multiple processors and the number within the parenthesis is to let you know which processor you're currently on. | ||
| − | At the OK> prompt, type in "boot cdrom" (if you've got a bootable cdrom for the sparc arch in the cd drive of the machine) or "boot net" if you're trying to do a net install from a network server. From here on in, the install should be nearly identical to an x86 install. | + | At the <b>OK></b> prompt, type in "boot cdrom" (if you've got a bootable cdrom for the sparc arch in the cd drive of the machine) or "boot net" if you're trying to do a net install from a network server. From here on in, the install should be nearly identical to an x86 install. |
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Revision as of 11:36, 23 August 2004
Installation of FreeBSD on the Sparc architechture is nearly identical to the x86 architecture installation, although booting from media differs somewhat from the x86 install procedures:
The first step is getting your target machine to boot off of your install media. Sun's Sparc machines have a few quirks, the most relevant of which for you right now is Open Boot Firmware (off-site link to sun.com's info on Open Boot parameters).
Boot from the console (or console via terminal,) and during boot-up, hit the STOP button and the letter "a" on the keyboard. This will drop you to the OK prompt. This is the Open Firmware prompt, which is a close cousin of the Mac OS X Open Firmware (off-site link). It may help to think of it as a BIOS-commandline.
The OK prompt may be displayed thus:
OK or OK>
this can be one of the other depending on which version of the Open Firmware the machine is running.
OK {0} or OK {1}
this will only be seen on machines with multiple processors and the number within the parenthesis is to let you know which processor you're currently on.
At the OK> prompt, type in "boot cdrom" (if you've got a bootable cdrom for the sparc arch in the cd drive of the machine) or "boot net" if you're trying to do a net install from a network server. From here on in, the install should be nearly identical to an x86 install.
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