From owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Wed Sep 12 15:11:34 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A3211096223 for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:11:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dclarke@blastwave.org) Received: from atl4mhfb01.myregisteredsite.com (atl4mhfb01.myregisteredsite.com [209.17.115.55]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 19C1E86917 for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:11:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dclarke@blastwave.org) Received: from atl4mhob23.registeredsite.com (atl4mhob23.registeredsite.com [209.17.115.117]) by atl4mhfb01.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id w8CFBB3I013622 for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2018 11:11:14 -0400 Received: from mailpod.hostingplatform.com (atl4qobmail01pod2.registeredsite.com [10.30.77.35]) by atl4mhob23.registeredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id w8CFB3bG071388 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2018 11:11:03 -0400 Received: (qmail 44306 invoked by uid 0); 12 Sep 2018 15:11:03 -0000 X-TCPREMOTEIP: 174.118.245.214 X-Authenticated-UID: dclarke@blastwave.org Received: from unknown (HELO ?172.16.35.3?) (dclarke@blastwave.org@174.118.245.214) by 0 with ESMTPA; 12 Sep 2018 15:11:03 -0000 Subject: Re: 11.2 Installer Issues on G5 To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org References: <74UxFOyQuHBLyuc75iDWBJXa12pEz1GDKt5gjzANOROa01XLPtZWYLPgEptA1PajEIsKGa05Nwa5Yr6aAhqHQa-Ee0AyVKqtygPWQZBpqMI=@protonmail.com> <20180912095223.4baffd23@ralga.knownspace> From: Dennis Clarke Message-ID: <7f150656-c795-8123-605d-a002815a733c@blastwave.org> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 11:11:02 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20180912095223.4baffd23@ralga.knownspace> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:11:34 -0000 >>> Hello all, new user here. >>> >>> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 11.2 powerpc64 on a Power Mac G5 >>> (11,2 2 GHz dual-core model), using the memstick image. It boots >>> just fine, but a few minutes into the installation process, the >>> installer would freeze. There's no error message that I can see, >>> but the front light turns red (from the usual white). ... I am also quite stuck with the FreeBSD install process on a G5. The unit does have the deathly red led on the front and the normal dialogs for install seem to appear. However there is no way to format a new disk in the machine. Anything I do gets rejected over and over and I get a popup message that claims the disk is corrupt. Not a very helpful message for the guided full UFS install. Dennis