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#1 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 05:29 AM

I*ve got a 350 G3 Imac waiting to act as a firewall/router.
Unfortunately the cd-rom is broken and an exchange would cost me too much.
Also is this model not able to boot from an external usb-cdrom.

I know that Debian ppc supports a hd-installation.
I think this isn't possible with Openbsd?

So I've read in the manual that also a network installation would be
possible but I didn't read how to do it.
I've got another pc with Freebsd 5.2.
Could the Freebsd-Server be used for the network installation??

Thanks for any hint.
Sven

#2 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 05:29 AM

On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 20:46:54 +0200, Panna Cotta <> wrote:

>I know that Debian ppc supports a hd-installation.
>I think this isn't possible with Openbsd?

From:
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3....INSTALL.macppc

Installation is supported from several media types, including:
CD-ROM
FFS partitions
HFS partitions (bootloader/kernel only, using another media for d/l)
Tape
FTP
HTTP

>So I've read in the manual that also a network installation would be
>possible but I didn't read how to do it.

Why didnt you read it then?

The installation allows installing OpenBSD directly from FTP mirror
sites over the internet, however you must consider the speed and
reliability of your internet connection for this option. It may save
much time and frustration to use ftp get/reget to transfer the
distribution sets to a local server or disk and perform the installation
from there, rather than directly from the internet.

<snip>

Read the rest from;
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3....INSTALL.macppc
or change ftp.openbsd.org for a mirror closer to you.

http://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html#ftp

While youre at it, read the rest of the FAQ at,
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/

#3 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 05:31 AM

if its HFS+ you copy the boot* files & openbsd.rd to the root & crash out to
open firmware, and go from the FAQ to the booting bit... its intimidating
for a 1st timer, but kind of fun too! Plus you get to see how the
PPC/OpenFirmware actually works....

boot-mac takes you back to mac os while its still there :P
enjoy!
"Charlie" <dev.null@example.net> wrote in message
news:mc0470l05klfd8ojv6uduoqn9h84e4ub0q@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 20:46:54 +0200, Panna Cotta <> wrote:
>
>
> >I know that Debian ppc supports a hd-installation.
> >I think this isn't possible with Openbsd?
>
> From:
> ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3....INSTALL.macppc
>
> Installation is supported from several media types, including:
> CD-ROM
> FFS partitions
> HFS partitions (bootloader/kernel only, using another media for d/l)
> Tape
> FTP
> HTTP
>
> >So I've read in the manual that also a network installation would be
> >possible but I didn't read how to do it.
>
> Why didnt you read it then?
>
>
> The installation allows installing OpenBSD directly from FTP mirror
> sites over the internet, however you must consider the speed and
> reliability of your internet connection for this option. It may save
> much time and frustration to use ftp get/reget to transfer the
> distribution sets to a local server or disk and perform the installation
> from there, rather than directly from the internet.
>
> <snip>
>
> Read the rest from;
> ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3....INSTALL.macppc
> or change ftp.openbsd.org for a mirror closer to you.
>
> http://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html#ftp
>
> While youre at it, read the rest of the FAQ at,
> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/
>

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