Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:21:00 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to install FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 on a PowerMac G5 Message-ID: <20110123182100.4ca5a026.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <20110116185717.3530ca0f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20110113220450.57d09983.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110116185717.3530ca0f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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Another update:
On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:57:17 +0100
Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> wrote:
> A few things I have figured out:
> 1) whenever I try to boot a FreeBSD install CD ("disc1") on this
> machine, it hangs with acd0 errors, and will not go on from there. This
> goes for both the FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 image and the FreeBSD
> 9.0-20101118-SNAP image.
Ok, this problem is now figured out (thanks to a hint from Nathan
Whitehorn), and a workaround exists. If you do
set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0
from the boot loader prompt ("OK"), all CDs will boot. Cool!
More info on the FreeBSD page[1] for this machine.
References:
1) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powermac_g5_freebsd
--
Torfinn
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