From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 28 11:06:09 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FA1816A41F for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:06:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lazeros@actcom.net.il) Received: from smtp2.actcom.co.il (smtp2.actcom.co.il [192.114.47.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF70A43D45 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:06:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lazeros@actcom.net.il) Received: from [192.168.2.102] (l192-117-115-163.broadband.actcom.net.il [192.117.115.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp2.actcom.co.il (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j6SB60mh002789 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:06:07 +0300 Message-ID: <42E8BC33.6080900@actcom.net.il> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:06:27 +0300 From: gil verthaim User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050722) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org References: <42E7A9D3.5080704@actcom.net.il> <42E831A6.8000902@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <42E831A6.8000902@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: freebsd 6.0 beta1/ppc on emac 1250mhz: install atempt report 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: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:06:09 -0000 Peter Grehan wrote: > Hi Gil, > >> *the installer copyed the files from the cd in a speed of aprrox >> 120kps with some halts every few minutes (this was done on an apple >> superdrive X4 wich a pioneer dvd-r/cdrw) > > > Does the speed ever get higher than this ? There are some parts of > the installation where large amounts of directories with small files > are being copied, so the throughput can be quite poor. However, when > untarring the base distributions, it shouldn't be too bad: probably in > the region of 800KBps. > i can recall one step where the speed was 600 kps +/- butt any other part was abaout that speed even in reltily few larger chuncks >> *the installer treted the sun gem (GMAC) ethernet controller as an >> unidetifaid controller and failed to set up networking > > > Known problem, will be fixed in the next 6.0-beta. > >> *when i booted the installed sysem the system failed to find the >> system logger and paniced (couldt find a repport of this anywhare) > > > Did the system end up at the 'mountroot>' prompt on first boot ? If > you hit return there it will panic. You have to manually enter the > root partition e.g. "ufs:/dev/ad0s7". > > If this is a different panic, would you be able to get a backtrace by > typing 'trace' at the ddb prompt ? > it is a diffrent after the mountroot> promt when the system bootes from the hard-drive normaly and then near the login promt it panics > later, > > Peter. > >