From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 5 22:55:06 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45A1D16A41F for ; Tue, 5 Jul 2005 22:55:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE28743D4C for ; Tue, 5 Jul 2005 22:55:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IJ600HJQFP18100@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:55:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no ([80.202.174.62]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with SMTP id <0IJ600J2FFTOXDK3@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:58:37 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:55:03 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen 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 To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Message-id: <20050706005503.635f7147.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Mac mini - FreeBSD on external HD - problems 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: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 22:55:06 -0000 I have just purchased myself a Mac mini. It is the 1.42GHz model, with 1GB RAM, 80GB hard drive, Superdrive (or DVD burner for us Mac newbies), Airport Extreme (wireless), and Bluetooth. Having lurked in the archives of the freebsd-ppc mailing list, I just couldn't resist the temptation to try to install FreeBSD on it. I had a spare 60GB hard drive and an external firewire enclosure lying about, so the easiest way would be to install on the external drive. I assembled the drive, connected it to the mini, and used Disk Utility in OS X to partition in in two unix format partitions; one 2GB for swap, and the rest (about 53GB) for FreeBSD. The partitions are working, and Disk Utility verifies them as ok. Note: the external firewire case has a power supply; I'm using that, even if I don't know if it is required. I followed Dario Freni's install howto (thanks), managed to get the hint about bluetooth keyboards from the list ('set hint.pcib.1.skipslot=26' in the FreeBSD boot loader) and got the machine to boot from the install CD. However, instead of the firewire disk probing correctly, I get a lot of SCSI error messages (hand copied, beware of errors): (probe0:sbp0:0:0:0): INQUIRY. CDB: 12 0 0 0 24 0 (probe0:sbp0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (probe0:sbp0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: check Condition (probe0:sbp0:0:0:0): NOT READY csi:de,ad,c0,de asc:5e,0 (probe0:sbp0:0:0:0): Low Power Condition on (probe0:sbp0:0:0:0): Retrying Command (per Sense Data) : : : (probe0:sbp0:0:0:0): Retries Exhausted and then it stops. Is there anything I can do about this, except getting another disk? I mean, the disk works fine in OS X, why is FreeBSD picky about it? -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway