From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 23 04:06:01 2010 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 C0A861065672 for ; Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:06:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from argol.doit.wisc.edu (argol.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9407F8FC25 for ; Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:06:01 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0KYA002020Q07R00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:06:00 -0600 (CST) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net (adsl-76-233-146-74.dsl.mdsnwi.sbcglobal.net [76.233.146.74]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0KYA00G7X0PYGV70@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:05:59 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:05:58 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <4B83233F.5050601@gmail.com> To: Alexander Bakst Message-id: <4B835426.1090002@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.233.146.74 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-11, Version=5.5.5.374460, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.1.369594, Antispam-Data: 2010.2.23.35118, SenderIP=76.233.146.74 References: <4B81BBC7.5050100@gmail.com> <4B830C74.3020603@freebsd.org> <4B83233F.5050601@gmail.com> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20100206) Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Panic on install boot 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: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:06:01 -0000 Yes, you just need to upgrade to the latest sources in -CURRENT. Follow the source upgrade directions in the handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading.html), starting in the section titled "Tracking a development branch". You shouldn't have to live with your computer sounding like it is full of angry bees for more than an hour or so. -Nathan Alexander Bakst wrote: > Thanks - to tell the truth, I installed Debian last night. However, I > haven't quite committed to Debian, so I think I'll give this a shot. > It'd be nice to learn an actual unix. > > If I install the 9.0-SNAP image, is there also a way to pull in the > changes to fix the fan issue? > > Thanks, > Alexander > > On 2/22/10 6:00 PM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >> Alexander Bakst wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I recently got a power mac g5, and am trying to install freebsd 8.0. >>> I am using "8.0-RELEASE-powerpc-disc1.iso". Immediately after >>> booting, I get "panic: moea 64 bootstrap: too many ofw translations." >>> >>> Is there a fix for this issue? >>> >> There was a bug in the 8.0 install CDs that prevents them from >> booting on a large number of G5 systems. You can use a 9.0-SNAP image >> I made in November to get a bootable CD: >> >> http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/9.0-20091112-SNAP/9.0-20091112-SNAP-powerpc-disc1.iso >> >> >> Also, -CURRENT now has some updates to smu(4) that prevent the fans >> in SMU-based machines from running at maximum all the time, which >> should be MFCed shortly and will be in 8.1. Once those are MFCed in >> the next week or two, I will make an 8.0-STABLE CD with those updates. >> -Nathan