Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 18:53:59 -0500 From: Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> To: Britt Dodd <brittman914@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installation of 9.2 or 10.0-RC2 to Powerbook G4 1.67 Message-ID: <CAHSQbTDfrQ09t4vhqYrjOW7h97EDddEcPVuRfqpiGKJ5aNhdsQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAMtLt3tOYceGHv26QOWSTKJStoecxtQjf4KVehx01PEdfGnyrg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAMtLt3tOYceGHv26QOWSTKJStoecxtQjf4KVehx01PEdfGnyrg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Britt, On Jan 3, 2014 12:21 PM, "Britt Dodd" <brittman914@gmail.com> wrote: > > Good afternoon, > > I'd like to begin by saying that while I do have a bunch of x86 systems, > I'd also like to make (limited) use of powerpc hardware -- mainly a > Powerbook G4, an XServe G5 and a XServe G4 (it'll be the 'garage mac'). > > OSX support died with 10.5. A bunch of Linux distros totally dropped > building for ppc/32. I'm starting to really get attached to running FreeBSD > and would like to install it on my powerpc equipment. > > I attempted to load the LiveCD in my powerbook, and maybe 2 seconds into > bootup (with tty output on screen) the entire system abruptly shuts off. > > Any hints? > > > Britt I see this very issue, and I think it is caused by the PMU being initialized early, and not emptying the mailbox. I will be testing a patch in the next few weeks when I get time to tackle this, and hopefully a fix will be in soon. -Justin
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