Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:45:56 +0100 From: Milan Obuch <freebsd-ppc@dino.sk> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing on G5 Message-ID: <20120126184556.17e08b4f@atom.dino.sk> In-Reply-To: <y65obtqcsh1.fsf@jade.esd.mun.ca> References: <y65obtqcsh1.fsf@jade.esd.mun.ca>
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On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:26:58 -0330 Roger Mason <rmason@mun.ca> wrote: > Hello, > > I am attempting to install freebsd-9.0 on a PowerMac dual processor G5 > (970). I burned the "bootonly" image to a CD and booted it from open > firmware using: > > boot cd:,\ppc\loader cd:0 > > The cd does not boot. The last messages are: > > (cd0:ata0:0:0:0): cddone: got error back > iichb0: I2C error > > Then the fan accelerates until I turn off the machine. > Is it powerpc or powerpc64? Just for completeness... boot cd:,\ppc\bootinfo.txt works for me with 9.0 rc3 powerpc64, boot cd:,\boot\loader cd:0 works for me with older 9.0 powerpc snapshop... Your error messages seems to be not related - first one points to some trouble reading CD (I got the same when I pulled CD out and then tried something), while the second one seems to show completelly other problem - at least on my PowerMac there are just temperature and voltage sensors, with fan control unit as well, hanging off iichb0. So I would just try to test CD for reading errors in another box, or maybe try to burn new one... Regards, Milanhelp
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