From owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Wed Feb 14 18:58:15 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E79E1F17889 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 18:58:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from instructionset@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pf0-x22a.google.com (mail-pf0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c00::22a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6C188680EC; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 18:58:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from instructionset@gmail.com) Received: by mail-pf0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id b25so4318973pfd.9; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:58:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Yv9gaO1P/oKLq7fhvnXNU7JeidCR61So1eMChPpGD4g=; b=jyTM8etIYaznBcApBKlsm10t9fVCdaDcgcb4Td/F2nR6xy2AoEmqkkG0tq4xwQ0uDt eL6sqdlctJiDafYI98mWlTlnNpRgnPb2outrJQHmmxcV6feaIYynQzrqIV0PuLow4Baz 1LA5rtQqGElCHscijmtLw+71dFs/MGbwj5iNdZXW7qPT+z8hRf9MWtw6sVBKwoPSJWGy +zy8W8Pmku6BpA0EP7tFaAzCAwrAJbSi4ldXmLcrV9bqitvJ6ZZ0AyhDz5TT/Nf3LIQz OUTYwHol9lyx2iBcZsDOzIkZaTtVeJPxrI43SQ2Fi+/85IKDnrGtaCl0XjaaFtpNA0S+ 0vVw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Yv9gaO1P/oKLq7fhvnXNU7JeidCR61So1eMChPpGD4g=; b=TTl04c6v8wNOQEPO+7H9RRSwCv4Ey4PQIneXPi1/tvbu7QvKk0GHfr7wvVl9ZlgyTv 3MMPEN/nP1FQ9MrWBnKqFgTCi3b+7DztD+3IaVf40RFQ3dG1egy3QGymg8dyNnSnmIJS I+4kWauLtDuNSdmdDyiqzsJEb+bjV8Ei5Pro3z4Jy/vIBqyQiSkktdXlDK1fj3cQs69m 5uA856WMiu3VWLbMtxG4pLTyf+Tqgc5z8opF1k6ZApM4WH1lvVQOtUm8ud/zQ3IRW2Nk /Gba+QW0sMOuttALfe1Wn7h5gTlngDJkaIzdjrWhleWEXvcabtngWrlpaaZhenEzz2YH 9ZIw== X-Gm-Message-State: APf1xPDe51cANiajecymoG5nTG0fMOxVjzzwxajdGRWJeRUC2ccGlc6e jeOgjciiShmZcI0EFuQ2JcXWIJ2t1LFVtZrAgoWTWA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x227Cwbvpk0SO0NziNGME6txinY3ZuZOg2U40K3zVRHXzrGEUTPs5sw0CcUnLzrbWnQk7GXjValL32sj+XN4mxJQ= X-Received: by 10.101.86.15 with SMTP id l15mr16130pgs.340.1518634693356; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:58:13 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.153.130 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:58:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <69091F24-0F71-4961-ABF4-E78A98EE915E@gmail.com> References: <6A98081F-0C6B-4F26-B2E0-7E680B6CBF9D@gmail.com> <69091F24-0F71-4961-ABF4-E78A98EE915E@gmail.com> From: Bill Sorenson Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 12:58:12 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Xserve G5 (RackMac3,1) Installation Issues on powerpc64 To: Evan Sabin Cc: Nathan Whitehorn , FreeBSD PowerPC ML Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 18:58:15 -0000 On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 10:19 AM, Evan Sabin wrote: > Firstly, likely to someone=E2=80=99s satisfaction and relief, I=E2=80=99m= now starting the CD the right way. I have a 10.3 install disk just in case= , but I started with 11.1 this morning, and this is what happened: > > The installer runs using 11.1-STABLE, up until attempting to fetch packag= es from ftp.freebsd.org. In such a case, all I get is repeated =E2=80=9CFil= e unavailable (e.g. file not found, no access)=E2=80=9D errors over and ove= r until it gives up and claims it has failed to retrieve the remote distrib= ution. So that didn=E2=80=99t work worth a darn. > > Then, I did the unthinkable and installed 12.0-CURRENT with seemingly no = problems for the most part. Unfortunately =E2=80=94 and perhaps this is sta= ndard procedure, though I doubt it =E2=80=94 kernel.txz is taking ages to e= xtract (it=E2=80=99s been about half an hour at the time of writing). It=E2= =80=99s been stuck at 21% for this time with no updates despite being able = to move the mouse and select text etc., but I=E2=80=99m not keen on shuttin= g down the system mid-install. Not to mention, the system is running at ful= l blast. Should I go ahead and stop this, then try 10.3? I defer to Nathan's expertise in this area but I would try 10.3 as I can confirm that 'works for me.' I'm going to start a build of 10.4 on my machine right now and I'll see if it boots. If it doesn't I wont be able to collect more data until this evening, I'm currently remote.