Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 17:49:54 -0800 From: Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net> To: j.kakisina@me.com Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: support installing FreeBSD on PowerPC G5 Message-ID: <70806D15-351B-4AFF-8533-4BF29B3E05B8@dsl-only.net>
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You likely can hold down the C key to automatically try booting from the = CD instead of using Cmd-Option-O-F and "boot cd:,\boot\loader cd:0". = When it allows the boot to start it can avoid other things from = interfering. But specifically for = "FreeBSD-10.0-STABLE-powerpc-powerpc64-20140528-r266807-disc1.iso (md5 = validated) and burned it to a CD" I reported to this list back on = 2014-Jun-01: > For a C-key style boot it hangs shortly after displaying >=20 > loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf >=20 > and stops while displaying "/" from its progress indicator. The fans = then gradually spin up. >=20 > Trying the available PowerMac7,11 gets the same sort of results so = I'll not repeat the information. This is before it puts out the line about loading that lists data=3D and = syms=3D[...]. If anything else is blocking booting from such CDs then it = is a different issue then I'm dealing with in this note. All other forms = of booting from that image burned to CD also get this hang (if you get = that far in the first place). All 10.0-??? and 10.1-??? powerpc64 .iso's since then are that way until = recently. It may be that the problem started with = FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64-*.iso images, I'm not sure (do = not remember). The following is known to not hang that way: FreeBSD-10.1-STABLE-powerpc-powerpc64-20150121-r277483-disc1.iso and the more recent FreeBSD-10.1-STABLE-powerpc-powerpc64-20150201-r278028-disc1.iso likely does not either, but I've not tested that one. You can find such = for a time from: http://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/10.1/ This area is updated periodically and older versions are then removed. The images at = http://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES/10.1/FreeBSD-10.1-RELEASE-p= owerpc-powerpc64-*.iso have the hang problem. It may be that = http://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES/10.0/FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-p= owerpc-powerpc64-*.iso images also have the hang problem. =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard markmi at dsl-only.net
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