Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 21:59:12 -0600 From: Garrett Zuhoski <geezuh@gmail.com> To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Error with Install CD on PPC iMac G3 Message-ID: <CAKQH4L7Cor-4VVjyX9%2BzYf6Ms221Jx_juVq7nD%2B2N4zNR6PP0g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <21544.1486240746@sss.pgh.pa.us> References: <CAKQH4L5V8Ax4j7HDRKYf2C8=qH2suAoU%2BvRHeV5q9dVZr8EkKw@mail.gmail.com> <21544.1486240746@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Excellent. booted 10.3 with no issue. As I stated before, I'm fairly new to BSD, am I right to assume that since there's a ports system, the only thing "old" about an older version is the kernel? Many linux distros are not able to get newer packages with an old version.. just wondering if it's the same issue or not. As I said I chose freebsd because of it's continued support of PPC Thanks for your help! On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 2:39 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Garrett Zuhoski <geezuh@gmail.com> writes: > > I have an old iMac that I was wanting to play around with, and since > linux > > has been dropping PPC support left and right, I figured this would be a > > good opportunity to play around with other Unices like FreeBSD. > > Upon boot, the bootloader comes up and loads the kernel, then quickly > > scrolling text followed by a reboot of the machine. > > Here is a photo of the error: http://i.imgur.com/ZgBBLjG.png > > Which FreeBSD version is that? > > My own experience on a couple different PPC-era Macs is that 10.3 > works fine, but 11 and CURRENT hang somewhere near where you're showing. > Might or might not be the same issue. The archives of this list contain > several different threads about boot problems on Apple PPC hardware > over the last year or so. > > regards, tom lane >
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