Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 11:45:38 -0500 From: Britton Dodd <brittman914@gmail.com> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation of 9.2 or 10.0-RC2 to Powerbook G4 1.67 Message-ID: <E9737BE4-5BA3-4FEF-8F3D-9CD46D28FB42@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <52C76745.9050706@freebsd.org> References: <CAMtLt3tOYceGHv26QOWSTKJStoecxtQjf4KVehx01PEdfGnyrg@mail.gmail.com> <CAHSQbTDfrQ09t4vhqYrjOW7h97EDddEcPVuRfqpiGKJ5aNhdsQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAMtLt3sgNAKHh3f-CN66jAj8xTicn=_ohAg5nioqRDHuPR3f=Q@mail.gmail.com> <52C76745.9050706@freebsd.org>
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Guess I shouldn’t buy a lottery ticket then ! Thanks for all the help. I’ll start building my Xserve then in the mean time. On Jan 3, 2014, at 8:43 PM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote: > You've unfortunately found the one New World machine that has never > worked properly under FreeBSD! So 8.x won't help. Probably you will just > have to wait for the time being. Your other hardware should work > perfectly well, however. > -Nathan > > On 01/03/14 18:56, Britt Dodd wrote: >> Excellent! If *anybody* needs ppc32/ppc64 testing or shell access for >> compiling, please message me. >> >> Thanks Justin for your reply. Is this error present in 8.x releases? Do you >> think I could run 8.x until the patch comes out, and then somehow upgrade >> to 10.0-RC2+? >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu>wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >help
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