Re: Successfull 6.4 install via USB thumb to PowerBook3.5 (Titanium IV), PowerBook5,8 (G4 15")

On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 06:52:12PM +0100, [email protected] wrote:
>Hello !
>
>Good to hear, that things are working.
>
>>[    note 0:
>> 6.5 was unable to pull new packages after the successful basic
>> install - with messages along the line of:
>>
>>  "Can't install ... can't resolve package ..."
>>
>>  ... no idea what went wrong.  6.4 seems to work when installing new
>>  packages after the initial install.
>
>Check your /etc/installurl or, your $PKG_PATH as 6.5 is not out now 
>so, you need to replace it with snapshots, even uname reports, that it 
>is 6.5.

Aah, glad to hear I was just missing out on something ... might try
6.5 again .. ;)

>
>>        note 1:
>> Both installers, IIRC, 6.5 and 6.4, don't ask for a keyboard
>> language setup. So be careful about the passwords you type in
>> during the install procedure.   ]
>>
>
>That is normal on this platform.

Might be nice to warn people about it: I think I only was careful
about the keyboard because I was messing with Open Firmware long
enough before the install to remember the QWERTY keyboard .. ;)

Updated patch for INSTALL.macppc, attached .. ;)

>
>>If you are upgrading OpenBSD, you also have the option of installing
>>OpenBSD by putting the new distribution sets somewhere in your
>
>Is there something missing ?

I assume you refer to the regular fresh install, right? If yes: No,
perfect: except my surprise after the install seeing a blinking folder
only, after rebooting to an otherwise empty screen ... ;)

I intend to send an install report as soon as I have my mail system on
6.4 up and running. (dmesg output etc ..) ... or get USB thumbs
mounted on OBSD to transfer the reports to a Linux system ... :)

Regards,
Wolfgang

updated diff:

--- INSTALL.macppc	2019-02-26 23:41:53.297984851 +0100
+++ INSTALL.macppc.new	2019-03-11 21:04:30.751223925 +0100
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@
 	HFS partitions (bootloader/kernel only, using another media for d/l)
 	Remote NFS partition
 	HTTP
+	USB
 
 The steps necessary to prepare the distribution sets for installation
 depend on which method of installation you choose.  Some methods
@@ -295,6 +296,47 @@
 	Once the NFS server is set up properly and you have the
 	information mentioned above, you can proceed to the next
 	step in the installation or upgrade process.
+	
+
+You can also boot the installer with a USB thumb: To do that enter
+Open Firmware - see below how to do that. At the OF prompt type
+
+0 > dev / ls
+
+    	A device tree is drawn: Search for lines like those:
+
+     /pci@f2000000
+      /usb@18
+        /disk@1
+
+        Note they are mixed with other lines in the tree. And they
+        might look different on your machine, like
+    
+    /pci@f2000000
+      /usb@15
+        /disk@1
+     
+	Now type:
+
+0> devalias
+	
+	Look for lines that match a /usb number from above: one might
+	look like so:
+
+     usb0  pci@f000000/@15
+
+	Here's the final part. Type something like this - taking into
+	account the last example line from OF, and the ones above
+	("/usb@15 /disk@1") to boot the openbsd installer:
+
+boot usb0/disk@1:2,ofwboot /6.4/macppc/bsd.rd
+        
+	You have lots more details on this usb install on the
+	following page - a page that was instrumental to get this
+	USB install working:
+
+https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2012/08/msg00042.html
+
 
 If you are upgrading OpenBSD, you also have the option of installing
 OpenBSD by putting the new distribution sets somewhere in your
@@ -1019,9 +1061,12 @@
 When prompted, select the (U)pgrade option rather than the (I)nstall
 option at the prompt in the install process.
 
-You will be presented with a welcome message, and depending on how you are
-connected to the system, you will be asked to set the terminal type or to
-choose a keyboard layout.
+You will be presented with a welcome message, and depending on how you
+are connected to the system, you will be asked to set the terminal
+type or to choose a keyboard layout. But normally on this platform you
+won't be asked for a keyboard layout. So be aware you have a QWERTY
+keyboard when later on during the install you'll be asked for typing
+in passwords.
 
 The upgrade script will ask you for the existing root partition, and
 will use the existing filesystems defined in /etc/fstab to install the