Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 00:38:11 -0700 From: Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: I managed to boot the 466MHz PowerMac3,4 from a 10.-STABLE .img dd'd to a USB flash drive; combo-drive had to be disconnected first Message-ID: <EFD5D513-8B72-4DC2-AEBA-5170F31A050A@dsl-only.net> In-Reply-To: <FA5EC1E9-CABB-44CA-9850-7B206D3AA0C3@dsl-only.net> References: <FA5EC1E9-CABB-44CA-9850-7B206D3AA0C3@dsl-only.net>
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Hi.
[I'm around the powermacs again for a few days...]
I repeated my earlier boot tests for 466Mhz PowerMac3,4 but with a CD =
instead made from the newer =
FreeBSD-10.0-STABLE-powerpc-powerpc64-20140608-r267232-disc1.iso and got =
the same during-boot hang (CAM status timeout related messages) at the =
same place that I earlier got with CDs made from =
FreeBSD-10.0-STABLE-powerpc-powerpc64-20140528-r266807-disc1.iso.
(Note: The same CD boots the PowerMac4,1 (iMac G3), PowerMac7,2 (G5 =
dual) and the 7,11 (G5 quad) that I tried just fine.)
So I tried instead booting from a USB flash made from =
FreeBSD-10.0-STABLE-powerpc-20140608-r267232-memstick.img ("boot =
usb1/disk@1:2,\\:tbxi" in open firmware). Same problems and the same =
hangup at the same place.
So I tried disconnecting the ata cable for the combo-drive from the =
466MHz PowerMac3,4 logic board and booting from the USB flash drive =
again. This configuration booted fine. No messages about CAM status =
timeouts or other such.
Mac OS X 10.4 and its installation media work fine, including with the =
combo-drive (a Hitachi DVD-ROM GD-7000 drive). The same for lubuntu =
14.04 and its installation media. FreeBSD seems to have some problem =
with handling the combo-drive, or at least the 10.0-STABLE installer =
media does. (I've not installed FreeBSD yet and so have more testing to =
do.)
(The 733Mhz PowerMac3,4 was not so lucky: It hangs like before either =
way, even when booted from the same USB flash drive. It never did =
produce CAM status related messages and still does not. Because it still =
hangs when its hitachi DVD-ROM (combo-drive) is disconnected the current =
issue would appear to be something different for it. Again Mac OS X 10.4 =
and lubuntu 14.04 and their installation media work fine on the 733MHz =
PowerMac3,4, including with the combo-drive.)
=3D=3D=3D
Mark Millard
markmi at dsl-only.net
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