From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 5 14:10:21 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 14911A64 for ; Sun, 5 Jan 2014 14:10:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (wmauth3.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.226]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D71751366 for ; Sun, 5 Jan 2014 14:10:20 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) id <0MYX00700LN2ZX00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2014 08:10:18 -0600 (CST) X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-3, Version=6.0.3.2322014, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.2107409, Antispam-Data: 2014.1.5.135714, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 Received: from wanderer.tachypleus.net (pool-72-66-107-173.washdc.fios.verizon.net [72.66.107.173]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) with ESMTPSA id <0MYX00I9EM13UJ20@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2014 08:10:17 -0600 (CST) Message-id: <52C967C7.3050101@freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2014 09:10:15 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 To: Erik Larsson , freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Failed install attempt for FreeBSD 10 RC1 powerpc64 References: <52AC0CA3.2010301@gmail.com> In-reply-to: <52AC0CA3.2010301@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2014 14:10:21 -0000 On 12/14/13 02:45, Erik Larsson wrote: > Hi all, > > I just tried installing FreeBSD 10 RC1 powerpc64 on my PowerMac11,2 > (2x2.3 GHz). The disc created from the ISO booted fine, and I was able > to install FreeBSD onto a UFS filesystem on my second hard drive (I > couldn't find an option to install to ZFS), but after a reboot the > system boot setting 'boot-device' in nvram had not changed (it booted > the previous default OS instead). > > I fixed the nvram value myself to point at the instealled .elf file > and made another attempt at booting. It loads the .elf file, the > screen flashes into black and then it exits back to openfirmware. > Seems to crash somehow. > > Does anybody have an idea what to try next to make the install succeed > and boot? > > Best regards, > > - Erik > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" In case this never got answered, you probably want to boot bootinfo.txt instead of boot1.elf. Holding option should also let OF figure out the right thing to do. -Nathan