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Date:      Sun, 9 Dec 2018 17:22:00 -0500
From:      Tom Pusateri <pusateri@bangj.com>
To:        Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org>
Cc:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: recent problems with PowerMac G5 64 bit USB
Message-ID:  <29012A76-7120-4E04-A457-BACBCB1F1213@bangj.com>
In-Reply-To: <3934f81a-1341-8266-8148-cd9415e5bea0@blastwave.org>
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Thanks for the detailed instructions.

I=E2=80=99m still getting USB timeouts even after setting =
kern.smp.disabled=3D1 and so no keyboard after boot -sv



> On Dec 9, 2018, at 5:00 PM, Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org> =
wrote:
>=20
> On 12/9/18 4:46 PM, Michael Tuexen wrote:
>>> On 9. Dec 2018, at 22:26, Tom Pusateri <pusateri@bangj.com> wrote:
>>>=20
>>> I dusted off a PowerMac dual CPU G5 the other day ...
>=20
> I have one of those running well.
>=20
> If you drop in on the irc chan I can walk you through the oddities and
> secret magic step by step. Even then you may have some weird issues =
but
> I have 12.0RC3 running fine and know what you will hit.
>=20
> You can read all aboit it if you like :
>=20
>    https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D233579
>=20
> However really all you need to do is hold down the 'C' key on your
> keyboard and the machine should boot to the dvd. When you see the =
loader
> start to do something on the screen wait for the countdown message. =
You
> will see the thing count down from 10 ... 9.... 8.... 7... and it =
isn't
> an explosive device.  Just hit some letter on the keyboard and you
> should see a prompt.
>=20
> Type in :
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>  set kern.smp.disabled=3D1
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>  set debug.verbose_sysinit=3D1
>=20
> You don't really need that second one but verbose never hurt anyone. =
Much.
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> Then type 'boot -sv' and hit enter for a verbose single user mode boot
> process.
>=20
> That should get you a running live shell from the dvd and you will be
> asked for what shell you want to run. Just hit enter. You will get a
> prompt.
>=20
> If all that runs then you can type 'exit' and hit enter and then the
> rest of the whole installer process will begin. It is fairly trivial
> and be sure to just use the whole disk guided UFS made easy way of
> things.
>=20
> Dennis Clarke
>=20
>=20
> ps: you don't need the 'boot -sv' either. Just 'boot' works too but
>    doesn't everyone like to see a shell prompt from install media?
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