Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 09:48:51 +0100 From: "Daniel Bye" <danielby@slightlystrange.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ppc install problem Message-ID: <20090519084850.GA19501@torus.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <ce1e65ef0905181238o3292b614q75dcdeeef4c3a371@mail.gmail.com> References: <ce1e65ef0905181238o3292b614q75dcdeeef4c3a371@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 02:38:17PM -0500, Jason wrote:
> Hello,
Hello.
>
> I attempt to boot the ppc 7.2 install cd on a G4 Tower (Yikes!, I believe).
> It gets past open firmware without problem. It enters the normal boot
> process for FreeBSD. It starts loading drivers, and it fails on loading
> bmac. It says that it is failing to initialize the hardware. Then, the
> machine freezes.
>
> Do you know what piece of hardware bmac is initing, and can you imagine what
> the problem might be? Has anyone else encountered this?
If you haven't already, I suggest asking this on the ppc@ mailing list -
the guys over there are really helpful.
Dan
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