From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 19 14:42:43 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A1BA106566C for ; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:42:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom.armistead@yahoo.com) Received: from web58106.mail.re3.yahoo.com (web58106.mail.re3.yahoo.com [68.142.236.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 396BB8FC0A for ; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:42:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 17031 invoked by uid 60001); 19 Jun 2010 14:16:02 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1276956962; bh=NXNGZkRAmN2iuTcb/PuTWPnc8vr8fgu8q512syFpdFw=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=Ut/ZjETXbYNQNg93WIqMhowpaiDoDwhgAVz+JH2g3HZeClUgg66tkiNzciuuCc6tGG1L1yRfHEsAqj098HwyNI1obiwLrSPJshl+rX0o0B5FOLq5iQW8C6Mv+3mNZs42J3SJe9YohrGCcP9wMYulHxZN/4c2YCyxceWlQ2nXLQA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=jWCr70ibVckZdTp55UOZOHh9ermP6vbZBHiJxWPvOMbKkZdod21g2e7Yn21uCdk2Wv3zcGdDZrNkKP8rvzIJvou3gteTwrb5d7mhP7S5vCnf6oSCD7ary2BojZj84aVjAN6bA2GyEfXp/IlwAevRw3NiQxXN8RkdZeLCbccYlZA=; Message-ID: <378244.16232.qm@web58106.mail.re3.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: bkiMTbwVM1monBkZiTDQ9QaE_pfpQ9sCFuE1F6.lbAtYxYu ZT8Hkv0_FfmX0oeOH39Iu6r4D.U107koypDkyHgvVDG0UJO1qwVAK2ELQLQJ pa01pW_r4anFqPyUbGp2uHgSiui3Y323V.VqoE._9O7oGe_iluWfJ3_bIYeF WH9DBG4EEWUrtmavpDg1pPc_RxqBx5ysEn4VFHN3pmjLdu7oEsVvZdE12pPP fT1hA8WbjBksr7jXZ7UTV8xFcCi_CxH1f81iXDW4KIlu6QMOuLSY- Received: from [68.104.145.162] by web58106.mail.re3.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 07:16:02 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/11.1.4 YahooMailWebService/0.8.103.269680 Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 07:16:02 -0700 (PDT) From: tom armistead To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: IMAC G3 (700Mhz) 7.2 & 8.0 install fails with "fatal kernel trap:" X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:42:43 -0000 Hello,=0A=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 I recently received a IMAC G3 (700Mhz, circa 2001) = and want to run FreeBSD on it.=A0 =A0 I tried 8.0, 7.2 and on both, the ins= tall fails very early on with a fata kernel trap message.=0A=0AI break into= the OF prompt then type:=0A=0Aboot cd:,\boot\loader cd:0=0A=0AIt looks lik= e it starts the loader ok and it looks like it does it's thing and starts t= he kernel but then after just a second or two, the kernel fails with the fo= llowing messages:=0A=0Afatal kernel trap:=0A=A0 =A0 exception =3D 0x4 (inst= ruction storage trap)=0A=A0 =A0 virtual address =3D 0x5121c8=0A=A0 =A0 srr0= =3D 0x5121c8=0A=A0 .... and so on.=0A=0AI found a suggestion about pausing= in the loader and shutting off fireware (slot 14) using a set command.=A0= =A0=A0I tried doing that but it made no difference.=0A=0AI tried with both = 8.0, 7.2 (and a quick test with 6.2) but none of them worked.=0A=0AShould F= reeBSD install work on an IMAC G3 700Mhz or am I beating a dead horse? =0A= =0AI also tried updating the IMAC firmware to the latest (1.4.9) but it mad= e no difference.=A0 =0A=0AThe IMAC does boot OSX just fine.=A0=A0=A0It also= booted a Linux install CD (YellowDog I think...).=A0=A0=A0So, I'm pretty s= ure the HW is functioning properly...=0A=0AI did boot the FreeBSD 8.0 insta= ll CD on my eMAC (1.42Ghz) and it started up into the installer without pro= blem. =0A=0A=0A=0A