From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 8 15:04:55 2012 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 AAD46106566B for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 15:04:55 +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 7E81E8FC1B for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 15:04:55 +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 <0LXH00700J864X00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:04:54 -0600 (CST) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net ([unknown] [76.210.70.194]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0LXH005T2J851H00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:04:53 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:04:52 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: To: Mike Cochran Message-id: <4F09B094.1050608@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.210.70.194 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-13, Version=5.6.1.2065439, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2012.1.8.145115, SenderIP=76.210.70.194 References: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:9.0) Gecko/20120107 Thunderbird/9.0 Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PowerBook G3 (Pismo/Firewire) Install CD Hangs 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, 08 Jan 2012 15:04:55 -0000 On 01/07/12 23:48, Mike Cochran wrote: > Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help point me in the right direction. > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE on my PowerBook G3 Pismo, > but every time I boot the CD (which matches the MD5 hash, first thing > I checked...) it never finishes booting. The last couple of messages > on screen are below, then the cd stops spinning: > > gem0: 10kB RX FIFO, 4kB TX FIFO > gem0: Ethernet address: (mac address...) > sc0 on nexus0 > sc0: Unknown<16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> > > My thinking at first was possibly DMA trouble with the ATA controller, > because I've noticed some people have had some issues on PowerMacs, > but disabling DMA (set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0) didn't change anything. > I'm at a loss as to what to do, any help would be appreciated. I'm > hoping to breathe some fresh life into this laptop. > > Thanks for any help or suggestions you guys might have, > Mike Cochran > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Can you try a verbose boot (boot -v from the loader prompt)? That should at least give us some more information to work with. -Nathan