Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 00:22:24 -0700 From: Benjamin Brink <tekbasse@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-10.1-powerpc*.iso writing issues [solved] Message-ID: <555058B0.3030001@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <554FE079.9070300@yahoo.com> References: <554FE079.9070300@yahoo.com>
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Nevermind. Issue is a failing power supply's power capacity. Writes fine on a different g5.. am going through install process now.. Thank you. On 5/10/15 3:49 PM, Benjamin Brink via freebsd-ppc wrote: > Hi, > > Anyone have issues with burning the 10.1 powerpc CD releases? Or maybe > is there another boot sequence to use? This is for a mac G5 > > I verified the md5 for each iso, and can mount each iso by double > clicking on its icon. > > I've used 2 optic drives and 11 CDRs trying various burn methods: disk > utility, hdiutil, dd, creating a dmg from iso first etc > and both iso's powerpc and powerpc64 > > Each time the burn seems too fast even though I chose the slowest 4x > (and 16x) and the result is 0 files, the write is usually verified > (unless I tried something crazy). > > Usually the write session would close almost as soon as it opened. > > The CD is usually bootable; but loader can't find kernel. > > In each case, disk utility reports CD has a capacity of 3.2MB and 647Mb > used (700MB physical capacity) --slightly different numbers for powerpc > > Booting CD gives a "kernel not found" error. > > OK ls / > / > 10_1_RELEASE_POWERPC64_CD > 10_1_RELEASE_POWERPC64_CD > > 10_1_RELEASE_POWERPC64_CD > 10_1_RELEASE_POWERPC64_CD > > 10_1_RELEASE_POWERPC64_CD > 10_1_RELEASE_POWERPC64_CD > > OK _ > > boot cd:,\boot\loader cd:0 > returns with something about ootoader not found > > boot cd:,/boot/loader cd:0 > can't find .. > > boot cd:,/boot/loader cd:3 > can't find .. > > ls /boot > no such file or directory > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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