OpenBSD 4.2 (macppc) on Powermac G4 AGP

Shiny serif console font on OpenBSD 4.2 (macppc).
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OpenBSD 4.2 (macppc) on the console (framebuffer) on a Powermac G4 AGP has a nice, shiny, traditional UNIX-y hardware (think Sun) serif font. Normally I don’t like serif fonts, but for some reason I really like this.

Of course, the Open Firmware stuff is still a nice, small monospaced font, and the bootloader is dark grey text on a light grey screen in the same font as OF.

Hopefully once I have this box installed I’ll have a serial port to be used as the console, and the video card will be removed, but I still have to wait for the G4Port to be delivered. It replaces the modem and provides a mini DIN 9 Apple-style serial port. I’ll be replacing the mini DIN 9 cable / connector with a DB9 which will be fitted in place of the modem port on the back of the chassis. This will be wired crossed over so that a straight-through cable will provide a console.

Oh, and tonight I was able to confirm that the bridge works as I want. So, in the end I’ll have:

gem0: public interface
fxp0–fxp7: bridge0, acting as a switch

fxp0 will also have an IP and be the gateway / DNS / whatever for the internal network.

fxp7 may be used as a span port for troubleshooting, but I’m not sure of this yet.