Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 09:32:57 +0000 From: Ethan Grammatikidis <eekee57@fastmail.fm> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Error with Install CD on PPC iMac G3 Message-ID: <1488187977.3418832.893931616.102242DF@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <CAKQH4L5V8Ax4j7HDRKYf2C8=qH2suAoU%2BvRHeV5q9dVZr8EkKw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKQH4L5V8Ax4j7HDRKYf2C8=qH2suAoU%2BvRHeV5q9dVZr8EkKw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Feb 4, 2017, at 07:35 PM, Garrett Zuhoski wrote: > Hi there, > > I have an old iMac that I was wanting to play around with, and since linux > has been dropping PPC support left and right, I figured this would be a > good opportunity to play around with other Unices like FreeBSD. > > Upon boot, the bootloader comes up and loads the kernel, then quickly > scrolling text followed by a reboot of the machine. > > Here is a photo of the error: http://i.imgur.com/ZgBBLjG.png > > Someone on Freenode told me "the exc register is being set wrong clearly > and getting into the wrong case of the switch block" (I'm not sure what > that means) i had the exact same experience with an ibook, and filed a bug: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=217375 i'm amazed you managed to get a photo, i don't think i could, but then it's doubly hard to see on my ibook's old flat panel. > > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! -- I'm too old to use vi.
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