short update / hint: if for the very first time after the install the system does not boot, go to a running system and try to configure the 55 bsd kernel:
config -o bsd.fix -e bsd and remove the radeondrm module (find and disable are your friends, type help at the UKC prompt). Then boot with "boot hd0a:/bsd.fix". rgds, Volker > Von: Volker Nowarra <volker.nowa...@me.com> > Betreff: Aw: fail to boot snapshot 5.5 on MBPro8,2 - solved, X also working. > Datum: 10. Februar 2014 00:07:56 MEZ > An: tech@openbsd.org > > Hi, > > Reference: http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=139175497630924&w=4 > > bsd55 does not start per default from snapshots. > Thx to Joerg, I could now successfully boot MBPro 8,2 with snapshot > (bsd55-beta). > Main topic is to get the radeondrm firmware, my procedure was this: > > I booted bsd55.rd, and installed from http (CDROM not recognized, internal > wireless not working, but bge0 works). > Then get src.tar.gz and sys.tar.gz installed, and "cvs up" to -current. > Also installed ports and xenocara, and updated to -current, as in "Building > the System from Source" (http://openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html). > > Then update the radeon firmware as described in "following current" > (http://openbsd.org/faq/current.html). > I had to use fw_update. To use pkg_add, the environment variable should point > to the right direction. > > pkg_add'd icewm and firefox, started X with icewm, all works well. > > DMESG: > OpenBSD 5.5-beta (GENERIC) #243: Wed Feb 5 14:48:36 MST 2014 > t...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC > RTC BIOS diagnostic error > ff<clock_battery,ROM_cksum,config_unit,memory_size,fixed_disk,invalid_time> > real mem = 4185079808 (3991MB) > avail mem = 4065501184 (3877MB) > mainbus0 at root > ... >
