Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 16:15:01 -0700 From: Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD 10-STABLE powerpc64 r266807 CD PowerMac7, 2 (and 7, 11) boot hangs very early in the process Message-ID: <8C621F9D-6AAD-4CCC-BE2F-0EEEDC433FCB@dsl-only.net>
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[Unfortunately I've not yet figured out how to get much evidence for = what is happening below and I'll soon not be near the equipment for some = time. Still I figured a hint of a problem was better than no report. Mac = OS X 10.5 media and lubuntu 14.04 media work fine in the PowerMac's in = question. In fact the PowerMac7,11 has a dvd burn of = FreeBSD-9.2-STABLE-powerpc-powerpc64-20140426-r264969-dvd1.iso = installed. Also = FreeBSD-9.3-PRERELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64-20140510-r265858-disc1.iso = burned to CD works fine for booting both the PowerMacs indicated below. = The hardware seems to be fine.] I downloaded = FreeBSD-10.0-STABLE-powerpc-powerpc64-20140528-r266807-disc1.iso (md5 = validated) and burned it to a CD and tried to use it in the available = PowerMac7,2 that has openfirmware for PowerMac7,2 5.1.4f0 BootROM built = on 11.21.03 at 17:41:48. So far no go. The details of attempts of boot = from the CD tend to vary some. Open firmware has reported a couple of = times: Method <read-rectangle> not found; ihandle=3Dff23a40 phandle=3Dff6c1d8 and each time that it did so it then left me with two commands as = options: mac-boot shut-down But I do not consistently get this when using the option-key then select = CD sequence, which is how I got it in the first place and also is the = only way that I've got that message. Usually with the Option-key, select CD, click on right arrow sequence = the screen goes white briefly then it goes back to the display for = selecting, re-finding the devices. The same thing happens again if I = again make the selection and clock the right arrow. For a C-key style boot it hangs shortly after displaying loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf and stops while displaying "/" from its progress indicator. The fans = then gradually spin up. Trying the available PowerMac7,11 gets the same sort of results so I'll = not repeat the information. (The FreeBSD-9.2-STABLE-powerpc-powerpc64-20140426-r264969-dvd1.iso had = /PACKAGES/FREEBSD_9_X86_64/... for some reason. No PPC/PPC64 packages. = Being new to FreeBSD I was mislead by seeing the -dvd1.iso before = figuring out to not expect to find PowerPC packages. But I used the = download rather than downloading more. I will ignore future PowerPC = ...-dvd1.iso's for now.) =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard markmi at dsl-only.net
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