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Date:      Wed, 23 Sep 2020 02:04:40 -0500
From:      "Brandon Bergren" <bdragon@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Mark Millard" <marklmi@yahoo.com>
Cc:        "FreeBSD PowerPC ML" <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org>
Subject:   =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_head_-r365932_on_PowerMac_G5_(2_dual-core_sockets):_Crashe?= =?UTF-8?Q?s_before_login_prompt_if_powerd_is_enabled_in_/etc/rc.conf?=
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On Tue, Sep 22, 2020, at 7:50 PM, Mark Millard wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2020-Sep-22, at 17:18, Mark Millard <marklmi at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > By "immediately" I mean I do not even get close to
> > seeing the loader prompt. The display still shows
> > OpenFirmware content: it has not been cleared yet.
> > 
> 
> Just to be explicit: the dual socket G4 is the only type
> of G3/G4 that does make it to the loader prompt (and a
> little beyond). The G5 2 dual-core sockets is the only
> context that I've tried that gets very far past the
> loader prompt.

This is strange. Loader works just fine on all of my G4 equipment.

Are you making sure to use the "dev /memory@0 100000 1000 do-unmap" trick on 4.8.7f1 devices?

How are you starting loader?

Is this on cdrom, network, or usb?

To confirm, it doesn't get as far as the kernel loading spinner?

-- 
  Brandon Bergren
  bdragon@FreeBSD.org



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