From owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Sun Feb 5 03:59:34 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30A72CCF43B for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2017 03:59:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from geezuh@gmail.com) Received: from mail-oi0-x22b.google.com (mail-oi0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c06::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E8D47B3F for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2017 03:59:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from geezuh@gmail.com) Received: by mail-oi0-x22b.google.com with SMTP id u143so31799389oif.3 for ; Sat, 04 Feb 2017 19:59:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=0Q9wsl+TJ26fO29yNzsEslQ7dYgqW2M3CPxWMyp+ZgA=; b=ubIFcPybm50ufts3X/YFSxFSRkV3VrLK3tCWaam5AxSZjzdSnh/MUzZk9iMUaJemHc Jz/LltGsgBQQx5jN2mE+49YbWkB1rD0OqlBPF9SAhRcGDgXzd7WgIbPJrUXmnMxzNe1J 3FZHSgOdzTsXY344Yxp70JWNcs+THy3eQk77fYHmUTqQYlRLJdFiFv83T6hH4gbAcYPP 02jugiQrXGcM8m8A/lGQxwTuZqLuMwzGE1VZalz2Gb13APwsWiaCbdLUyedM2WDf1YH6 At1vPYvLQw4qG/7Q66AcLPNTmxByupxf+vkslq/KUB2aSo9M08FL92klaL5u7LSOgHFZ 9PqA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=0Q9wsl+TJ26fO29yNzsEslQ7dYgqW2M3CPxWMyp+ZgA=; b=t5edzM504NLYvgsmNGSTACoq7XY1AnKoeaZTKhxe/6nsDfqNkZ0t6JNRPgOmBQHrSe ZqE9AkIIOqWbBhPJFwNMRE/VeisrOBu6YVBIlrNzVhpVl9RKwxKddBPMnY0975DBSrE0 q6ErwBjicdMRdlkNK6A67ZSya/ZTWB4J19uezMBRFA2P9JJeercGfoiakDLqZITIUMZ6 1LZQ0hG4PNDXQZNEadKike01YJCorMb20vjVuLzQVI+TmZ1ESUqfl5t1ymiruOykBryQ 2LMiCZ88O6J598HrLWurOBBwb97X6y4MytOKsxRNt4CL0Cfb8sl71JPRMqdynaXNMD2q MOwg== X-Gm-Message-State: AMke39kGH+KFGYQJkXAAPrGLtcGD7q1PZl/TmqknXjn6/ChudaQNRAH/dmTaTuYO7ca3r/go3vPVhnynzZStYw== X-Received: by 10.202.177.215 with SMTP id a206mr2052953oif.147.1486267173026; Sat, 04 Feb 2017 19:59:33 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.157.60.33 with HTTP; Sat, 4 Feb 2017 19:59:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <21544.1486240746@sss.pgh.pa.us> References: <21544.1486240746@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Garrett Zuhoski Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 21:59:12 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Error with Install CD on PPC iMac G3 To: Tom Lane Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2017 03:59:34 -0000 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 wrote: > Garrett Zuhoski 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 >