From owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Wed Nov 9 00:13:03 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 246F5C361C0 for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2016 00:13:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsdlists@xmail.net) Received: from www.xmail.net (www.xmail.net [65.110.6.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1625B202 for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2016 00:13:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsdlists@xmail.net) To: freebsd ppc Received: from [24.113.41.81] by www.xmail.net with HTTP for ; Tue, 08 Nov 2016 16:02:45 -0800 X-Mailer: Web XMail 4.1 From: "Chris H" Subject: Fails to boot on PowerMAC3,5 from install media Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2016 16:02:45 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <20161109000245.4CF042F2740A@www.xmail.net> X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2016 00:13:03 -0000 Greetings, all=0AI recently upgraded my wife's Mac, and was looking forw= ard to utilizing=0Aher old one for FreeBSD. However, after nearly 5 days= , I have been unable=0Ato so much as boot the install media (CD).=0AI st= arted with the 9.3-release iso. It would always hang either somewhere=0A= at the keyboard/mouse initialization (USB), or re-polling the DVD drive.= I=0Afinally gave up, and tried the 11 CD, but using it, always resulted= in a=0Areboot shortly into the initialization process, so I decided to= work my way=0Afrom the 9.0-release, through the 10.x-releases. Which al= l also failed=0Afairly early in the process. All 10.x ultimately result= in an endless=0A(aprobe0:ata1:0:1:0): Error 5, Retries exhausted=0Aloop= . Just for kicks, I burned an 8.0 CD, and placed it into the Mac, and=0A= lo-and-behold I got the install screen. But the drive portion didn't wor= k --=0Ait wasn't possible to delete the old partitions (it said somethin= g to the=0Aeffect that it (D)elete wasn't an appropriate option). I also= attempted to=0Ainstall OpenBSD, NetBSD. Both with varying degrees of fa= ilure.=0ASo, out of complete desperation, I tried Linux.=0AI went from z= ero to desktop in under 20 minutes, with Debian Stretch,Jessie,=0Aand Ub= untu-Mate.=0A=0AWTF?!?!?=0A=0AI've been on BSD for some 30yrs, and this= just seems plain *wrong*.=0ADoesn't BSD (Darwin) bootstrap OSX? Sorry i= f this seems a bit "rantish"=0Abut at this point I'm pretty frustrated.= :-P=0A=0AFWIW; HARDWARE=0APower MAC G4 (QuickSilver/Digital Audio) Dual= CPU @800Mhz (each)=0APowerMAC3,5=0APowerPC (2.1)=0AROM 4.2.5f1=0A=0A*An= y* help bootstrapping FreeBSD on this is *greatly* appreciated!=0AI'd lo= ve to contribute, but if I can't even bootstrap BSD, what am=0AI to do?= :-)=0A=0AThanks!=0A=0A--Chris=0A---------------------------------------= ---------------------------------------------=0A