From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 31 02:04:24 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 AC0B11065674 for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:04:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from richo@psych0tik.net) Received: from bedford.accountservergroup.com (bedford.accountservergroup.com [50.22.11.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84C048FC15 for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:04:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from boxand.lnk.telstra.net ([203.45.130.125] helo=richh-imac.office.boxdice.com.au) by bedford.accountservergroup.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RKhEd-0005QC-6l for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:04:23 -0500 Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:04:27 +1100 From: richo To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20111031020427.GE21568@richh-imac.office.boxdice.com.au> References: <20111029212531.06a7c0a9@narn.knownspace> <20111030223951.GA21568@richh-imac.office.boxdice.com.au> <20111030220203.4d6f8f30@narn.knownspace> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="JBi0ZxuS5uaEhkUZ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20111030220203.4d6f8f30@narn.knownspace> X-PGP-Key: http://natalya.psych0tik.net/~richo/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - bedford.accountservergroup.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - psych0tik.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.0-BETA1 ISO ppc64 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: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:04:24 -0000 --JBi0ZxuS5uaEhkUZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline On 30/10/11 22:02 -0400, Justin Hibbits wrote: >On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:39:51 +1100 >richo wrote: > >> On 29/10/11 21:25 -0400, Justin Hibbits wrote: >> >Anyone have a copy of the 9.0-BETA1 iso for PowerPC64? I want to see >> >if that runs on my G5, and don't really feel like going through >> >the hassle of setting up a dhcp server just to netboot. >> > >> >- Justin >> >> Hi Justin, >> >> If you're asking whether or not it works, then the answer is yes, >> although BETA1 is now quite old. >> >> I installed from BETA3 two weeks ago and I believe RC1 is the current >> version. >> >> Rich >> > >Hi Rich, > >I wanted the ISO to see if an older version would work on my G5. I had >tried RC1, and it would freeze after a minute or so after booting up, >and I had a similar experience on my TiBook (ppc32), which runs >BETA2/-CURRENT (doesn't lock up every time, but locks up "eventually" >sometimes), but not on my MDD (ppc32) which runs something from around >BETA1, so was hoping reverting to BETA1 would fix things. Someone from >##freebsd linked me to a source for it, so I tried and it failed (see >the other thread regarding the problem for (slightly) more details). > >- Justin Hi Justin, In that case, I can confirm that BETA3 boots and installs fine on my G5 (I think it's either 8,1 or 3,1. It's the last of the iMac's without iSight) I am having some issues with 10-CURRENT at present, but I've been using my BETA3 media as recovery while I try to get 10 working again, and aside from sometimes not firing up the installer, all seems well. I'll try to find your other thread. Richo -- richo || Today's excuse: waste water tank overflowed onto computer --JBi0ZxuS5uaEhkUZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOrgIrAAoJEIKiWz6J5yQVMhAIAJPr1yAtd9e5qI1bOCZjvW23 mwm5dVBne8ptuVZACihUsvF21fhlIab+f7xQeQNJMlTE03aIpgD8xGfGHyt17ggy /xnELjtPiKDmdzP/x+LtMgwdLBdryjz5R1PJfJfaaAjb3MYrxwnIKXM/dIiatzG4 Yu5BqR7Uvy2sMwB1CL2m/2m2UYwi6F5qj9pkZ6dz21z4YhjBcKQ7JylcvxS3cQOR ZiAutA27yre+/XY+tTxLfL+YiOBIcvWM05E4gbiwtftzaXSo1czt/T+LAIj+jW3R cfB2dhPH7LqrefcSRnhXekEYq5qIGoGQkIMxinlS/7Q2FRt2FX3TnV516jqoeZA= =u1qM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --JBi0ZxuS5uaEhkUZ--