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Message-ID: References: <20250110142044.0fa100b5@ralga.knownspace> List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-ppc List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20250110142044.0fa100b5@ralga.knownspace> Organization: "N01ytics" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4YVVM23vr2z4rTX X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:199118, ipnet:80.241.60.0/24, country:DE] Hi Justin, sysctl hw.ncpu shows 2, so I would assume that the former is the case. Unfortunately, there must be something else going on here. I tried set kern.smp.disabled=1 at the loader prompt. It doesn't matter if I then 'boot -s' or simply 'boot', in both cases, the system never reaches the stage where I am prompted for the shell - it just hangs. If I detach and reattach peripherals, such as the keyboard, the console tells me so, but there is nothing else. I remember something (probably) similar happening a couple of years ago while trying to netboot NetBSD from the same box, and M. Dillon from DFly giving me the advice of setting the '-2' and '-r' mountd flags in rc.conf - which worked like a charm for NetBSD but didn't help at all in this case so I am kind of out of ideas. Does this sound remotely familiar and/or do you have any other suggestions? Thanks a lot, BR.- * Justin Hibbits : > Is this an SMP XServe, or a single CPU? If SMP, you can try disabling > SMP with "kern.smp.disabled=1" at loader prompt, and see if that > improves things. It sounds counter-intuitive, but if there's a bug in > the clock sync that could explain the problem. I recall a PR opened > about something related. > > - Justin > > On Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:13:16 +0000 > Abu Hussain Al Mukhtar wrote: > > > Hi Alexey, > > > > Thank you very much - I totally missed that guide. > > > > It worked, and I am able to boot single user now. > > > > The only problem: the host runs e x c r u c i a t i n g l y slow - > > not as in 'it lags!', but as in 'I have to wait for minutes until > > what I type on the keyboard appears on the screen', so the system > > really isn't usable in this state. > > > > My NFS server is a DragonFly box. It has netbooted, as I stated > > before, NetBSD and OpenBSD seamlessly. I checked the FreeBSD docs, > > specifically the 'Advanced Networking' section which describes PXE, > > but there is no mention of specific/preferred flags to be passed to > > NFS/mountd. > > > > Has anyone seen this behaviour before and/or could you share the > > relevant portion of your rc.conf so I can check it against mine? > > > > Alexey: Thanks again for the useful hint! > > > > BR.- > > > > * Alexey Dokuchaev : > > > On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 11:06:55AM +0000, Abu Hussain Al Mukhtar > > > wrote: > > > > Hi all! > > > > > > > > As the subject line implies, I am looking for a way to netboot an > > > > XServe G5 using the ppc64 port. This server I got for close to > > > > nothing is on an excellent state, though unfortunately, the CD > > > > drive is not really working (it ejects every CD/DVD I have ever > > > > tried to feed it), and there are conflicting accounts on whether > > > > or not these machines can boot from an USB stick. > > > > > > I've never bothered to boot my macs from removable media, and always > > > preferred netbooting, esp. given how easy it is to setup. This is > > > the first option recommended by grehan@ in his guide* and that's > > > how I've installed FreeBSD on all my G4/G5 machines. HTH, > > > > > > ./danfe > > > > > > *) https://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/install.html > > > > > > >