From owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Thu Mar 11 02:39:49 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12AC45AB5DB for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2021 02:39:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julio@meroh.net) Received: from mail-qt1-x830.google.com (mail-qt1-x830.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::830]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DwtT01Gzkz3PQ6 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2021 02:39:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julio@meroh.net) Received: by mail-qt1-x830.google.com with SMTP id g24so109133qts.6 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:39:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=meroh.net; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=dDbQhTdJgOE1hIT0EU7JGYNoZdE6WH4pNSZwDUvkyyQ=; b=TjLHugnxszDusr8hh+t1xOKYoKRXIGMoy+bISrQOdbLksDlBuKVsMfr31MLbJmrGqA y5HAunRPpqQD7TFvTySiLYmwvM6akvxWCqPplUo50K9bIvR5TxR5Ze6lCklmHmeJf5Ka Jn8Xgx8/ckVaFr+mLKFIjRybB9BVjxfq+wHjr7kgM2dPUm7f9kGZrH1UR7mcqp5mWW6o YjgN6qmdFyL9m3XmsxVtTDbyzHr7+TaQG/RtBWXgTupWErgFKxPC+fiKvHeTZjAzaht8 tiPLRs4XZQcTZcvgFIKBUbDpAs+0bRgr7+lBUHgt+C6LQ1SyLeOk5FXfsJQjADmGaJvL 7+AA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=dDbQhTdJgOE1hIT0EU7JGYNoZdE6WH4pNSZwDUvkyyQ=; b=UrlT0QdaAnAnYMhXXx+/eJnEUZgzOxV2c+vg98CSFxam698MqT56FJInRkxeQ0fauC kMY96aJNpSKb5DqXUxZHUGsxoxeUcV0BLjQykhQZ8h9CjUQx4g//B+0CUeynRQbLKKDc U5AAnH0PHdwXq4p9vrccDbjuoM+eYMzLliv2Lfz4vypZz9b37ez4f+dhN2yFBMNZgMjU pf1+t/6AD4W0T/tw1jdakkIJN1eWIe7oD6udfJqltak6Ow7t3IvJVAJD0/E3nql86W6f NTPHOMs29LA3l5Ebvkx5THY1I9zltuq6CDmCphgE8xi2d6AzAt7nN2e1SV0M2O23vBNd tLiA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533BbIdv9W8IHr37aRVirNYvGG+blrGMs8Pn5yaPpq+IbJuFoatt ffhqn1x2m1+rPSVG7nIch2dORNfB1dbwxakbL/Xgoevm7FJQHg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyvvrFvqnsFmT5oRCRsnoDpj5gTyDgCEXQKaUJzW2asXV0LfnNrxBKNbkGSpAeskOQ/dDYvnegH+MzKv78aK5A= X-Received: by 2002:a05:622a:93:: with SMTP id o19mr5661354qtw.336.1615430387342; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:39:47 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Julio Merino Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:39:36 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Troubles with USB To: Jason Bacon Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4DwtT01Gzkz3PQ6 X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=meroh.net header.s=google header.b=TjLHugnx; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of julio@meroh.net designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::830 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=julio@meroh.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.39 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[meroh.net:s=google]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[meroh.net]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::830:from:127.0.2.255]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[meroh.net:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::830:from]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.89)[-0.887]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::830:from]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-ppc] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.34 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 02:39:49 -0000 Well, note that the USB stick and drive that I mentioned had previously worked on this machine. And OpenFirmware still sees them well and can boot the loader and kernel just fine. It's FreeBSD the one that gets confused when mounting the root file system... On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 6:30 AM Jason Bacon wrote: > > I've had similar trouble, which I mentioned on this list in the past. > The PowerMac is finicky about USB sticks. It seems that it does work > with U3 drives and other newer drives. I was only able to boot from one > older 2 GB drive that has since burned out, so I'm unable to upgrade at > the moment, given that my optical drive can't read DVDs. > > If you can find a USB stick the same vintage as the PowerMac, your luck > might change. > > JB > > On 3/7/21 10:18 PM, Julio Merino wrote: > > However, here is where the strangeness starts. I want to repartition the > > boot (SSD) drive now... and I just cannot get the installer to work > again. > > Using the same image as before and the same USB stick, the installation > > kernel loads without issues from OpenFirmware... but as soon as it starts > > loading /sbin/init, things start failing left and right. It feels as if > > there is I/O corruption when reading from the USB drive given that the > > system reports "invalid binary files" and segfaults everywhere. (I tried > > with another drive and found the same problem. I'm pretty sure the drive > is > > good given that it can be read from another system.) > > > -- > Earth is a beta site. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- jmmv.dev