Apple iBook G4 - FreeBSD
Machine info on main page.
This machine runs the powerpc (32 bit) version of FreeBSD.
The first internal hard drive (ada0) is partitioned like this:
slice 1 - 800 K - apple-boot slice 2 - 25 G - apple-hfs - OS X slice 3 - 14 G - freebsd-ufs - FreeBSD (currently 9.0-RC2) slice 4 - 2 G - freebsd-swap
hints: holding down option (alt) key while booting allows you to select hard drive partitions to boot from, Open Firmware: cmd-Option-O-F,
Work log
2021-04-23: booted FreeBSD 13.0-release powerpc from a usb memstick. dmesg output: normal. Learned a couple of things:
- the FreeBSD usb memstick does NOT show up on the Option (alt) boot menu, you have to boot into Open Firmware and boot from ud (boot ud:,\\:tbxi) - the usb memstick installer image expects to mount root from da0, so the FreeBSD usb memstick needs to be in the backmost usb port - another usb memstick (in the frontmost port) is detected - labeling the filesystems: put a filesystem label on the root partition (tunefs -L name partition, shows up as /dev/ufs/name), a geom partition label on the swap (glabel label name partition, shows up as /dev/label/name)
2021-04-22: with a FreeBSD 13.0-release memstick in the frontmost usb port, I booted into Open Firmware (hold down Command-Option-O-F), and entered
boot ud:,\\:tbxi
and it booted from the usb stick. Unfortunately, it loops printing "Root mount waiting for: CAM" doesn't look like it progresses. Powered off, tried again - this time it worked. still complains: "WARNING: Current temperature (GPU BOTTOMSIDE: 103.0 C) exceeds critical temperature (80.0 C); count=1" this message repeats every few minutes.
2021-04-21: ada0s4 - I booted this old machine. Still runs FreeBSD 9.1-prerelease
tingo@kg-ibook$ uname -a FreeBSD kg-ibook.kg4.no 9.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE #0: Thu Jul 19 11:26:56 CEST 2012 root@kg-ibook.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC powerpc
status
root@kg-ibook# date;swapinfo -h;df -h;uptime Wed Apr 21 23:16:42 CEST 2021 Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity /dev/ada0s5 2097152 0B 2.0G 0% Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ada0s4 13G 4.6G 8.1G 36% / devfs 1.0k 1.0k 0B 100% /dev 11:16PM up 15 mins, 2 users, load averages: 0.02, 0.03, 0.06
gpart info
root@kg-ibook# gpart show -p ada0 => 18 117210222 ada0 APM (55G) 18 262190 - free - (128M) 262208 52626616 ada0s3 apple-hfs (25G) 52888824 1600 ada0s2 apple-boot (800k) 52890424 29358528 ada0s4 freebsd-ufs (14G) 82248952 4194304 ada0s5 freebsd-swap (2.0G) 86443256 30766984 - free - (14G)
battery info - don't know how to get that. rc.conf
root@kg-ibook# more /etc/rc.conf hostname="kg-ibook.kg4.no" keymap="norwegian.iso.kbd" ifconfig_gem0="DHCP" sshd_enable="YES" moused_enable="YES" moused_port="/dev/atp0" ntpd_enable="YES" #wlans_bwn0="wlan0" wlans_bwi0="wlan0" #ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP" # enable SMART monitoring smartd_enable="YES" sysctl.conf root@kg-ibook# more /etc/sysctl.conf # cpu boots at half speed on iBook. Change to full speed. dev.cpu.0.freq=1420
ok
2012-07-19: ada0s3 - cpu speed: based on information from the freebsd-ppc mailing list, iBooks boot up with cpu at half speed. Relevant info:
root@kg-ibook# sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq_levels dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 1420/-1 710/-1 root@kg-ibook# sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq dev.cpu.0.freq: 710
So, simply change the frequency should do the trick:
root@kg-ibook# sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq=1420 dev.cpu.0.freq: 710 -> 1420
Let's see if that one works in /etc/sysctl.conf. Yes it does. After a reboot, I have:
root@kg-ibook# sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq dev.cpu.0.freq: 1420
That's it.
2012-07-19: ada0s3 - after the memory upgrade (see main page), dmesg now reports:
real memory = 1594781696 (1520 MB) avail memory = 1537441792 (1466 MB)
cool.
2012-07-19: ada0s3 - network - wireless (bwi0) doesn't work, for some reason. Output from dmesg:
root@kg-ibook# dmesg | grep bwi bwi0: <Broadcom BCM4318 802.11b/g Wireless Lan> mem 0x80084000-0x80085fff irq 52 at device 18.0 on pci1 bwi0: BBP: id 0x4318, rev 0x2, pkg 2 bwi0: MAC: rev 9 bwi0: PHY: type 2, rev 7, ver 3 bwi0: RF: manu 0x17f, type 0x2050, rev 8 bwi0: invalid antenna gain in sprom bwi0: firmware rev 0x0127, patch level 0x000e bwi0: need multicast update callback bwi0: need multicast update callback bwi0: need multicast update callback bwi0: need multicast update callback
That's it.
2012-07-19: ada0s3 - the upgrade to FreeBSD 9.1-prerelease finished, dmesg output: normal, verbose.
root@kg-ibook# uname -a FreeBSD kg-ibook.kg4.no 9.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE #0: Thu Jul 19 11:26:56 CEST 2012 root@kg-ibook.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC powerpc
It still says that the CPU have wrong speed, though. From dmesg:
root@kg-ibook# dmesg | grep cpu cpu0: Motorola PowerPC 7447A revision 1.5, 713.92 MHz cpu0: Features 9c000000<PPC32,ALTIVEC,FPU,MMU> cpu0: HID0 8450c0bc<EMCP,TBEN,NAP,DPM,ICE,DCE,SGE,BTIC,LRSTK,FOLD,BHT> cpulist0: <Open Firmware CPU Group> on nexus0 cpu0: <Open Firmware CPU> on cpulist0 dfs0: <Dynamic Frequency Switching> on cpu0
I wonder why? pciconf output:
root@kg-ibook# pciconf -lv hostb0@pci0:0:11:0: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x0034106b rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Apple Computer Inc.' device = 'UniNorth 2 AGP' class = bridge subclass = HOST-PCI vgapci0@pci0:0:16:0: class=0x030000 card=0x4e561002 chip=0x4e561002 rev=0x80 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc' device = 'M11 NV [FireGL Mobility T2e]' class = display subclass = VGA macio0@pci1:0:23:0: class=0xff0000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x003e106b rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Apple Computer Inc.' device = 'KeyLargo/Intrepid Mac I/O' bwi0@pci1:0:18:0: class=0x028000 card=0x4318106b chip=0x431814e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' device = 'BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller' class = network ohci0@pci1:0:26:0: class=0x0c0310 card=0x00000000 chip=0x003f106b rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Apple Computer Inc.' device = 'KeyLargo/Intrepid USB' class = serial bus subclass = USB ohci1@pci1:0:27:0: class=0x0c0310 card=0x00351033 chip=0x00351033 rev=0x43 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'NEC Corporation' device = 'USB' class = serial bus subclass = USB ohci2@pci1:0:27:1: class=0x0c0310 card=0x00351033 chip=0x00351033 rev=0x43 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'NEC Corporation' device = 'USB' class = serial bus subclass = USB ehci0@pci1:0:27:2: class=0x0c0320 card=0x00e01033 chip=0x00e01033 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'NEC Corporation' device = 'USB 2.0' class = serial bus subclass = USB hostb1@pci1:0:11:0: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x0035106b rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Apple Computer Inc.' device = 'UniNorth 2 PCI' class = bridge subclass = HOST-PCI none0@pci1:0:24:0: class=0x0c0310 card=0x00000000 chip=0x003f106b rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Apple Computer Inc.' device = 'KeyLargo/Intrepid USB' class = serial bus subclass = USB none1@pci1:0:25:0: class=0x0c0310 card=0x00000000 chip=0x003f106b rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Apple Computer Inc.' device = 'KeyLargo/Intrepid USB' class = serial bus subclass = USB ata1@pci2:0:13:0: class=0xff0000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x003b106b rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Apple Computer Inc.' device = 'UniNorth/Intrepid ATA/100' fwohci0@pci2:0:14:0: class=0x0c0010 card=0x5811106b chip=0x0031106b rev=0x81 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Apple Computer Inc.' device = 'UniNorth 2 FireWire' class = serial bus subclass = FireWire gem0@pci2:0:15:0: class=0x020000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x0032106b rev=0x80 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Apple Computer Inc.' device = 'UniNorth 2 GMAC (Sun GEM)' class = network subclass = ethernet hostb2@pci2:0:11:0: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x0036106b rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Apple Computer Inc.' device = 'UniNorth 2 Internal PCI' class = bridge subclass = HOST-PCI
That is all for now.
2012-07-18: ada0s3 - booting up this machine for the first time in ages. It still has the same version of FreeBSD at last time:
tingo@kg-ibook$ uname -a FreeBSD kg-ibook.kg4.no 9.0-RC2 FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 #0: Mon Nov 14 08:04:49 UTC 2011 marcel@xserve.lan.xcllnt.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC powerpc
One odd thing from dmesg:
cpu0: Motorola PowerPC 7447A revision 1.5, 713.92 MHz cpu0: Features 9c000000<PPC32,ALTIVEC,FPU,MMU> cpu0: HID0 8450c0bc<EMCP,TBEN,NAP,DPM,ICE,DCE,SGE,BTIC,LRSTK,FOLD,BHT>
Why does it say thst the speed of the cpu is 800 Mhz, and not 1.42 GHz?
Time to update FreeBSD. Upgrading to latest FreeBSD 9-stable, by using csup, make world. This is FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE:
root@kg-ibook# egrep "^BRANCH|^REVISION" /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh REVISION="9.1" BRANCH="PRERELEASE"
We will see if the upgrade works.
2011-12-17: ada0s3 - getting the touchpad (mouse) to work. Add the following to /etc/rc.conf:
moused_enable="YES" moused_port="/dev/atp0"
and now the touchpad works. I still don't know why there is a moused for usb:
root@kg-ibook# ps ax | grep moused 1380 ?? Is 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/moused -p /dev/ums0 -t auto -I /var/run/moused.ums0.pid 2109 ?? Is 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/moused -p /dev/atp0 -t auto 2162 0 R+ 0:00.00 grep moused root@kg-ibook# dmesg | grep ums ums0: <vendor 0x05ac product 0x1000, class 0/0, rev 2.00/19.65, addr 2> on usbus0 ums0: 5 buttons and [XY] coordinates ID=0 root@kg-ibook# usbconfig ugen0.1: <OHCI root HUB Apple> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen1.1: <OHCI root HUB NEC> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen2.1: <OHCI root HUB NEC> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen3.1: <EHCI root HUB NEC> at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen0.2: <product 0x1000 vendor 0x05ac> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON ugen0.3: <Apple Internal Trackpad Apple Computer> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON
maybe I will find out one day.
2011-11-25: ada0s3 - testing wireless: I create /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf which contains:
network={
ssid="my ssid"
psk="my secret psk"
}
No, those are not the real values. :) Then I add the following to /etc/rc.conf:
wlans_bwn0="wlan0" ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
And now it is just a matter of testing it. I run /etc/netstart, but this is what /var/log/messages says:
Nov 25 21:46:56 kg-ibook kernel: wlan0: Ethernet address: 00:14:51:db:c8:73 Nov 25 21:46:57 kg-ibook root: /etc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant: WARNING: Unable to load kernel module wlan_tkip Nov 25 21:46:57 kg-ibook root: /etc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant: WARNING: failed precmd routine for wpa_supplicant Nov 25 21:46:57 kg-ibook kernel: bwn_v4_ucode5: could not load firmware image, error 2 Nov 25 21:46:57 kg-ibook kernel: bwn0: the fw file(bwn_v4_ucode5) not found Nov 25 21:46:57 kg-ibook kernel: bwn-open_v4_ucode5: could not load firmware image, error 2 Nov 25 21:46:57 kg-ibook kernel: bwn0: the fw file(bwn-open_v4_ucode5) not found
Doesn't look to good. The files installed by the bwn-firmware-kmod port are these:
root@kg-ibook# ls -l /boot/modules/bwn* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 184082 Nov 25 21:29 /boot/modules/bwn_v4_lp_ucode.ko -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 177057 Nov 25 21:29 /boot/modules/bwn_v4_ucode.ko
Hmm. Let's try bwi instead. First install the bwi-firmware-kmod port:
root@kg-ibook# portinstall -R bwi-firmware-kmod
which installs this file:
root@kg-ibook# pkg_info -L bwi-firmware-kmod-3.130.20 Information for bwi-firmware-kmod-3.130.20: Files: /boot/modules/bwi_v3_ucode.ko
and then I load the if_bwi kernel module (having unloaded if_bwn first). From /var/log/messages:
Nov 25 22:03:31 kg-ibook kernel: bwi0: <Broadcom BCM4318 802.11b/g Wireless Lan> mem 0x80084000-0x80085fff irq 52 at device 18.0 on pci1 Nov 25 22:03:31 kg-ibook kernel: bwi0: BBP: id 0x4318, rev 0x2, pkg 2 Nov 25 22:03:31 kg-ibook kernel: bwi0: MAC: rev 9 Nov 25 22:03:31 kg-ibook kernel: bwi0: PHY: type 2, rev 7, ver 3 Nov 25 22:03:31 kg-ibook kernel: bwi0: RF: manu 0x17f, type 0x2050, rev 8 Nov 25 22:03:31 kg-ibook kernel: bwi0: invalid antenna gain in sprom Nov 25 22:05:06 kg-ibook kernel: bwi0: firmware rev 0x0127, patch level 0x000e Nov 25 22:05:08 kg-ibook wpa_supplicant[2317]: Trying to associate with 00:0f:66:51:aa:41 (SSID='kg4' freq=2462 MHz) Nov 25 22:05:18 kg-ibook wpa_supplicant[2317]: Authentication with 00:0f:66:51:aa:41 timed out. Nov 25 22:05:21 kg-ibook wpa_supplicant[2317]: Trying to associate with 00:0f:66:51:aa:41 (SSID='kg4' freq=2462 MHz) Nov 25 22:05:21 kg-ibook wpa_supplicant[2317]: Associated with 00:0f:66:51:aa:41 Nov 25 22:05:21 kg-ibook kernel: wlan0: link state changed to UP Nov 25 22:05:21 kg-ibook wpa_supplicant[2317]: WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:0f:66:51:aa:41 [PTK=TKIP GTK=TKIP] Nov 25 22:05:21 kg-ibook wpa_supplicant[2317]: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:0f:66:51:aa:41 completed (auth) [id=0 id_str=] Nov 25 22:05:21 kg-ibook kernel: bwi0: need multicast update callback Nov 25 22:05:49 kg-ibook dhclient: New IP Address (wlan0): 10.1.150.25 Nov 25 22:05:49 kg-ibook kernel: bwi0: need multicast update callback Nov 25 22:05:49 kg-ibook kernel: bwi0: need multicast update callback
It looks like it is working, but the interface doesn't pass any packets. Darn!
2011-11-25: ada0s3 - network interfaces. wired:
root@kg-ibook# pciconf -lv | grep -A 4 gem gem0@pci2:0:15:0: class=0x020000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x0032106b rev=0x80 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Apple Computer Inc.' device = 'UniNorth 2 GMAC (Sun GEM)' class = network subclass = ethernet
wireless:
root@kg-ibook# pciconf -lv | grep -A 3 none none0@pci1:0:18:0: class=0x028000 card=0x4318106b chip=0x431814e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' device = 'BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller' class = network
is there a driver? First I need to configure the cdrom:
root@kg-ibook# mkdir /cdrom root@kg-ibook# echo "/dev/cd0 /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
I cheated and inserted the CD first, so now I can do:
root@kg-ibook# mount /cdrom
then I extract source:
root@kg-ibook# cd / root@kg-ibook# tar xvf /cdrom/usr/freebsd-dist/src.txz
After a while, the extract is finished. Next I install the bwn firmware port:
root@kg-ibook# portinstall -R bwn-firmware-kmod
and try to load the if_bwn module:
root@kg-ibook# kldload if_bwn
lets check if that worked:
root@kg-ibook# dmesg | grep bwn siba_bwn0: <Broadcom BCM4318 802.11b/g Wireless> mem 0x80084000-0x80085fff irq 52 at device 18.0 on pci1 bwn0 on siba_bwn0 bwn0: WLAN (chipid 0x4318 rev 9) PHY (analog 3 type 2 rev 7) RADIO (manuf 0x17f ver 0x2050 rev 8) bwn0: DMA (32 bits)
dmesg seems to indicate yes. A couple of more checks:
root@kg-ibook# ifconfig bwn0 bwn0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 2290 ether 00:14:51:db:c8:73 nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect) status: no carrier root@kg-ibook# pciconf -lv | grep -A 3 bwn siba_bwn0@pci1:0:18:0: class=0x028000 card=0x4318106b chip=0x431814e4 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' device = 'BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller' class = network
Yes. Now I need to test it.
2011-11-25: ada0s3 - ofwdump -ap output, ofwdump -pr / output. Various more or less interesting bits:
root@kg-ibook# ofwdump -S -P model / PowerBook6,7 root@kg-ibook# ofwdump -S -P bootpath /chosen /pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:2,\ppc\boot1.elf root@kg-ibook# ofwdump -S -P bootargs /chosen /pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:4
ROM info:
root@kg-ibook# ofwdump -S -P model /rom/boot-rom Apple PowerBook6,7 4.9.3f0 BootROM built on 07/05/05 at 11:14:11 root@kg-ibook# ofwdump -S -P BootROM-version /rom/boot-rom $0004.93f0 root@kg-ibook# ofwdump -S -P BootROM-build-date /rom/boot-rom 07/05/05 at 11:14:11
More info:
root@kg-ibook# ofwdump -S -P ram-size /options 0x20000000
Packages:
root@kg-ibook# ofwdump -r /packages Node 0xff89ee10: packages Node 0xff89eea8: deblocker Node 0xff89f7f8: disk-label Node 0xff8a0860: obp-tftp Node 0xff8ab450: telnet Node 0xff8abd00: mac-parts Node 0xff8af328: mac-files Node 0xff8b24c0: hfs-plus-files Node 0xff8b7bd0: fat-files Node 0xff8bb3a8: iso-9660-files Node 0xff8bc1b8: bootinfo-loader Node 0xff8bde28: xcoff-loader Node 0xff8be8f8: macho-loader Node 0xff8c1760: pe-loader Node 0xff8c2168: elf-loader Node 0xff8c40b8: usb-hid-class Node 0xff8c6c20: usb-ms-class Node 0xff8c9970: usb-audio-class Node 0xff937470: sbp2-disk Node 0xff93afe0: ata-disk Node 0xff93d5a8: atapi-disk Node 0xff93fbc8: bootpath-search Node 0xff946200: terminal-emulator root@kg-ibook# ofwdump -S -P compatible /nvram sharp-B0ED root@kg-ibook# ofwdump -S -P serial-number / SE9
Thats all I managed before getting tired of this.
2011-11-17: ada0s3 - create a swap partition:
root@kg-ibook# gpart add -s 2G -t freebsd-swap ada0 ada0s5 added
and test it:
root@kg-ibook# swapinfo Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity root@kg-ibook# swapon /dev/ada0s5 root@kg-ibook# swapinfo Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity /dev/ada0s5 2097152 0 2097152 0%
seems to work. Added it to the /etc/fstab file.
root@kg-ibook# more /etc/fstab # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/ada0s5 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/ada0s4 / ufs rw 1 1
All for now.
2011-11-17: ada0s3 - the partitioning problem was discussed on the freebsd-ppc mailing list. Basically, the number of partitions in APM is set when the disk is first created. Disk Utility (OS X) didn't want to change that, but a suggestion from the freebsd-ppc mailing list worked: boot from a live CD (I used the same CD that I have used to install FreeBSD on this machine) backup the partition table to a text file:
# gpart backup ada0 > /tmp/ada0.backup
edit the file, and change the line that reads "APM N" into "APM 16" (in my case it was "APM 3" before changing it), then save the file. restore the changed partition table, but don't commit yet:
# gpart restore -lF -f x ada0 < /tmp/ada0.backup
verify that the new partition table loks ok with:
# gpart show ada0
finally. commit it:
# gpart commit ada0
The output from gpart show changed a bit, here is the new one:
root@kg-ibook# gpart show ada0 => 18 117210222 ada0 APM (55G) 18 262190 - free - (128M) 262208 52626616 2 apple-hfs (25G) 52888824 1600 1 apple-boot (800k) 52890424 29358528 3 freebsd-ufs (14G) 82248952 34961288 - free - (16G)
and gpart list output for completeness:
root@kg-ibook# gpart list ada0 Geom name: ada0 modified: false state: OK fwheads: 16 fwsectors: 63 last: 117210239 first: 18 entries: 16 scheme: APM Providers: 1. Name: ada0s2 Mediasize: 819200 (800k) Sectorsize: 512 Stripesize: 0 Stripeoffset: 1309274112 Mode: r0w0e0 rawtype: Apple_Bootstrap label: (null) length: 819200 offset: 27079077888 type: apple-boot index: 1 end: 52890423 start: 52888824 2. Name: ada0s3 Mediasize: 26944827392 (25G) Sectorsize: 512 Stripesize: 0 Stripeoffset: 134250496 Mode: r0w0e0 rawtype: Apple_HFS label: Untitled length: 26944827392 offset: 134250496 type: apple-hfs index: 2 end: 52888823 start: 262208 3. Name: ada0s4 Mediasize: 15031566336 (14G) Sectorsize: 512 Stripesize: 0 Stripeoffset: 1310093312 Mode: r1w1e1 rawtype: FreeBSD-UFS label: (null) length: 15031566336 offset: 27079897088 type: freebsd-ufs index: 3 end: 82248951 start: 52890424 Consumers: 1. Name: ada0 Mediasize: 60011642880 (55G) Sectorsize: 512 Mode: r1w1e2
Problem solved! Now to create a swap partition.
2011-11-17: ada0s3 - here is gpart list output for ada0:
root@kg-ibook# gpart list ada0 Geom name: ada0 modified: false state: OK fwheads: 16 fwsectors: 63 last: 117210239 first: 5 entries: 3 scheme: APM Providers: 1. Name: ada0s2 Mediasize: 819200 (800k) Sectorsize: 512 Stripesize: 0 Stripeoffset: 1309274112 Mode: r0w0e0 rawtype: Apple_Bootstrap label: (null) length: 819200 offset: 27079077888 type: apple-boot index: 1 end: 52890423 start: 52888824 2. Name: ada0s3 Mediasize: 26944827392 (25G) Sectorsize: 512 Stripesize: 0 Stripeoffset: 134250496 Mode: r0w0e0 rawtype: Apple_HFS label: Untitled length: 26944827392 offset: 134250496 type: apple-hfs index: 2 end: 52888823 start: 262208 3. Name: ada0s4 Mediasize: 15031566336 (14G) Sectorsize: 512 Stripesize: 0 Stripeoffset: 1310093312 Mode: r1w1e1 rawtype: FreeBSD-UFS label: (null) length: 15031566336 offset: 27079897088 type: freebsd-ufs index: 3 end: 82248951 start: 52890424 Consumers: 1. Name: ada0 Mediasize: 60011642880 (55G) Sectorsize: 512 Mode: r1w1e2
That's all.
2011-11-16: ada0s3 - I installed FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 from the CD. dmesg output: normal, verbose. Guided partitioning didn't work (it complained about no space left on the device and referred to 's4'), so I chose manual partitioning. It allowed me to make ada0s3 (freebsd-ufs), created ada0s1 (apple-boot) on it's own, but when I tried to create a swap partition (ada0s4) it complained about no space left on the device again. I just continued without a swap partition, it seems ok so far. More info:
kg-ibook# uname -a FreeBSD kg-ibook.kg4.no 9.0-RC2 FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 #0: Mon Nov 14 08:04:49 UTC 2011 marcel@xserve.lan.xcllnt.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC powerpc
gpart info:
kg-ibook# gpart show ada0 => 5 117210235 ada0 APM (55G) 5 262203 - free - (128M) 262208 52626616 2 apple-hfs (25G) 52888824 1600 1 apple-boot (800k) 52890424 29358528 3 freebsd-ufs (14G) 82248952 34961288 - free - (16G)
Hmm, there is space here let's see if we can add a swap partition:
kg-ibook# gpart add -s 2G -t freebsd-swap ada0 gpart: index '4': No space left on device
That's odd. Another odd thing: when booting, the machine starts printing characters, aborts the boot and shows the "OK" prompt followed by more characters. Simply erasing them, typing "boot" and enter makes things continue.
2011-11-16: I booted FreeBSD 9.0-RC2 (FreeBSD-9.0-RC2-powerpc-release.iso) from a CD, by holding "C" while powering on the machine. It booted straight into the little "Welcome" menu. I selected "Live CD" for this first run. The wireless network adapter (Broadcom BCM4318 - AirForce One 54g) shows up as "none" in pciconf -lv output, but the wired network adapter shows up as gem0 - apple Computer Inc. - UniNorth 2 GMAC (Sun GEM).
# gpart show ada0
shows that the drive is APM partitioned, partition 2 is a 25G apple-hfs, and there is 30G free space. Good.