Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:15:52 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PowerPC installer Message-ID: <20110123181552.7aac1264.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <4D3C51BF.2080600@freebsd.org> References: <4D38503C.5090805@freebsd.org> <20110123010651.6e7ab6d9.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <4D3B716D.8050605@freebsd.org> <AANLkTikWJCugwNhQpT=bhaGwK5pGhx_MT4KMS7JLFq6_@mail.gmail.com> <4D3C51BF.2080600@freebsd.org>
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Hi, On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:05:19 -0600 Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote: > That is the optical drive. There's a problem we've had historically with > some Apple ATA controllers where ATAPI DMA does not work reliably. Could > you try entering the following at the loader prompt? > > set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 I just re-tested all my CD's (with FreeBSD images on them) on my PowerMac G5[1]. With the setting above, all of them work (ie they boot to the main menu, and I can use the menu to start a shell). Nice! Therer are dmesg outputs on the FreeBSD page[2], in case you need them to figure out what to blacklist. 1) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powermac_g5 2) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powermac_g5_freebsd -- Torfinn
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