From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 23 17:21:03 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AD5C106566B for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:21:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from thalia-smout.broadpark.no (thalia-smout.broadpark.no [80.202.8.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C70A18FC17 for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:21:02 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from ignis-smin.broadpark.no ([80.202.8.11]) by thalia-smout.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with ESMTP id <0LFH006L0K71BR40@thalia-smout.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:21:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from kg-v2.kg4.no ([84.48.120.77]) by ignis-smin.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with SMTP id <0LFH00J3XK70O1D0@ignis-smin.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:21:01 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:21:00 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.0.3 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Subject: Re: Trying to install FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 on a PowerMac G5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:21:03 -0000 Another update: On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:57:17 +0100 Torfinn Ingolfsen 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