Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:04:52 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Mike Cochran <vongrippen@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PowerBook G3 (Pismo/Firewire) Install CD Hangs Message-ID: <4F09B094.1050608@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAGR6j=w44AQT6oCEbmNrVayBqOCK65tMThe1NiVZWgu_ijGcpQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGR6j=w44AQT6oCEbmNrVayBqOCK65tMThe1NiVZWgu_ijGcpQ@mail.gmail.com>
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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<System console> 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
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