Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:31:35 -0500 From: Evan Sabin <memereferencehere@gmail.com> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xserve G5 (RackMac3,1) Installation Issues on powerpc64 Message-ID: <7A443414-9E8B-453F-AD3F-524786650391@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <d4c7ced7-ac6c-2a8c-8ac2-5cf111ba3ac6@freebsd.org> References: <6A98081F-0C6B-4F26-B2E0-7E680B6CBF9D@gmail.com> <f9000035-a569-160f-c50d-9e533d937549@freebsd.org> <69091F24-0F71-4961-ABF4-E78A98EE915E@gmail.com> <CACcTwYkF420jLabDf8mUdOLJG2O9awLCcOOKTVodaNzw1CjnjQ@mail.gmail.com> <79790369-FB4B-4CAD-B1DA-CB5D397FB26A@gmail.com> <20c3a6b8-cf51-ab24-9052-6e738d900726@freebsd.org> <E8A794A9-4963-4A40-84AA-AA4B3083D5AC@gmail.com> <d4c7ced7-ac6c-2a8c-8ac2-5cf111ba3ac6@freebsd.org>
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Everything works perfectly now without issue. Thanks for all the help, fella= s. Now it=E2=80=99s time to port the cpu activity light driver from Linux to= FreeBSD, so perhaps I=E2=80=99ll see you all again eventually... > On Feb 14, 2018, at 5:02 PM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wro= te: >=20 > http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/kernel.tgz >=20 > Just extract that in / and reboot. Sorry for all the hassle here... > -Nathan >=20 >> On 02/14/18 11:47, Evan Sabin wrote: >> As a fool often does, I declined to install the system source along with p= orts for the sake of expediency and reduction of points of failure. I will h= ave to ask for that pre-built kernel, if you might be so kind. >>=20 >>> On Feb 14, 2018, at 2:30 PM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> w= rote: >>>=20 >>> This fan issue existed in -CURRENT for about a week and is now fixed (on= e of the hazards of -CURRENT); apparently your snapshot was made in that bad= week. If you update your source and build a new kernel, it should be fixed.= I would also be happy to supply you with a pre-built kernel if you like. Th= e underlying bug that caused the fan issues is likely to be the source of th= e other problems you are having as well. >>> -Nathan >>>=20 >>>> On 02/14/18 11:27, Evan Sabin wrote: >>>> Quick update: >>>>=20 >>>> I restarted the machine by force and easily installed 12.0-CURRENT with= out a hitch! Now portsnap refuses to extract packages despite numerous force= restarts, but who needs it anyway, right? Additional issue: Fans will whir i= nto top RPM (about 14,500) until reading sysctl outputs of temp/fan, then it= instantly decreases to about 2,000 RPM and will do the same thing all over a= gain. I can=E2=80=99t download pkg, I can=E2=80=99t really do=E2=80=A6 much=E2= =80=A6 with so little working at the moment. I=E2=80=99ll report back eventu= ally. >>>>=20 >>>>> On Feb 14, 2018, at 1:58 PM, Bill Sorenson <instructionset@gmail.com> w= rote: >>>>>=20 >>>>> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 10:19 AM, Evan Sabin >>>>> <memereferencehere@gmail.com> 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 c= ase, but I started with 11.1 this morning, and this is what happened: >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> The installer runs using 11.1-STABLE, up until attempting to fetch pa= ckages from ftp.freebsd.org. In such a case, all I get is repeated =E2=80=9C= File unavailable (e.g. file not found, no access)=E2=80=9D errors over and o= ver until it gives up and claims it has failed to retrieve the remote distri= bution. So that didn=E2=80=99t work worth a darn. >>>>>>=20 >>>>>> 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 s= tandard 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 m= ove the mouse and select text etc., but I=E2=80=99m not keen on shutting dow= n the system mid-install. Not to mention, the system is running at full blas= t. 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.' >>>>>=20 >>>>> 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. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>>=20 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list >>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>=20 >=20
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