From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 16 17:57:19 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C899106566C for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:57:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from thalia-smout.broadpark.no (thalia-smout.broadpark.no [80.202.8.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8BC68FC0A for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:57:18 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from ignis-smin.broadpark.no ([80.202.8.11]) by thalia-smout.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with ESMTP id <0LF4003KDN7HI3A0@thalia-smout.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:57:17 +0100 (CET) Received: from kg-v2.kg4.no ([84.48.120.77]) by ignis-smin.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with SMTP id <0LF400L94N7H1JA0@ignis-smin.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:57:17 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:57:17 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Message-id: <20110116185717.3530ca0f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-reply-to: <20110113220450.57d09983.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20110113220450.57d09983.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.0.3 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Subject: Re: Trying to install FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 on a PowerMac G5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:57:19 -0000 Update: On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:04:50 +0100 Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 on a PowerMac G5[1]. > The machine boots from the CD (disc1 image) when I press "C" on the keyboard, but after booting, > when it shows the "Country Selection" dialog, the keyboard no longer works. > How do I fix / workaround this problem? > > FWIW, i also tried with FreeBSD 8.1-release (both on CD and from a usb memory stick), the CD hung, > the memory stick has the same problem as 8.2-RC1; the keyboard is not working when the "Country Selection" > dialog shows up. Full details on the FreeBSD page[2] for this machine. > > References: > 1) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powermac_g5 > 2) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powermac_g5_freebsd After testing the machine with ASD, swapping memory etc, the staus is that the mcahine isn't totally ok, but I can get about two hours of working time on it (from "cold") before problems start to show up. A few things I have figured out: 1) whenever I try to boot a FreeBSD install CD ("disc1") on this machine, it hangs with acd0 errors, and will not go on from there. This goes for both the FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 image and the FreeBSD 9.0-20101118-SNAP image. 2) If I put the same image on a usb memory stick, I can successfully boot it, provided that there isn't a CD in the cd drive. If there is a cd in the drive, the hang problem shows up again. Again, this holds true for both the 8.2-RC1 and the 9.0-20101118-SNAP image. 3) When I get to the main screen, I select Fixit, then "live filesystem from usb", but the installer says "no usb devices found". 4) Since there isn't a "scroll lock" key on a Mac keyboard, I do not know how to display the boot messages, so I can't give more info about what might be wrong. 5) I could have used "dmesg" but it isn't on the install image. I could have mounted the live fs manually, but the install image doesn't have a "mount" command. Info about this machine[II] and about FreeBSD on this machine[I]. Questions: a) is there a way to perform the "scroll lock" keypress on a Mac keyboard? b) how can I get the livefs mounted? References: I) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powermac_g5_freebsd II) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powermac_g5 -- Torfinn