From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 8 15:19:51 2012 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 3C2DB106566B for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 15:19:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mc.mem.06@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDF218FC14 for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 15:19:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qabg14 with SMTP id g14so2061034qab.13 for ; Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:19:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=gfDzkvyTuHHHUwVHkASVydUuTvKkPe1YmG1OOY6MSEA=; b=ALNx15ES3L4Vhdi4uG3CJX88Bg2Fc5yjcR8V0Ts1i5aTA+BpY2XcpuseV/PwZt43Ja OeJAkSIkPUJ3DScyH8x1SXwTYujLPsvRAEFlSAI6g3f79DKduN034yh94pTiA0G/kVcv w46kQj8l14U06KNb5pmG7o9oKw2jOp2xv774Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.177.132 with SMTP id bi4mr15186371qab.79.1326035990169; Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:19:50 -0800 (PST) Sender: mc.mem.06@gmail.com Received: by 10.229.100.17 with HTTP; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 07:19:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F09B094.1050608@freebsd.org> References: <4F09B094.1050608@freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 09:19:50 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: tPl65Wo6rm25RFGuw_rk4869pH0 Message-ID: From: Mike Cochran To: Nathan Whitehorn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PowerBook G3 (Pismo/Firewire) Install CD Hangs 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: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:19:51 -0000 Sorry about that, I just couldn't seem to remember how to boot verbose. Should know better than trying to think so late at night... The last 10 lines of a verbose boot (boot -v): ata0: stat0=3D50 err=3D0x01 lab=3D0x00 msb=3D0x00 ata0: stat1=3D00 err=3D0x01 lsb=3D0x00 msb=3D0x00 ata0: reset tp2 stat0=3D50 stat1=3D00 devices=3D0x1 (aprobe0:ata0:0:0:0): SIGNATURE: 0000 ata1: reset tp1 mask=3D03 ostat0=3D00 ostat1=3D00 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered ata1: stat0=3D0x00 err=3D0x00 lsb=3D0x00 msb=3D0x00 ata1: stat1=3D0x00 err=3D0x00 lsb=3D0x00 msb=3D0x00 ata1: reset tp2 stat0=3D00 stat1=3D00 devices=3D0x0 On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Nathan Whitehorn w= rote: > On 01/07/12 23:48, Mike Cochran wrote: >> >> Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help point me in the right direction. >> >> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE on my PowerBook G3 Pismo, >> but every time I boot the CD (which matches the MD5 hash, first thing >> I checked...) it never finishes booting. The last couple of messages >> on screen are below, then the cd stops spinning: >> >> gem0: 10kB RX FIFO, 4kB TX FIFO >> gem0: Ethernet address: (mac address...) >> sc0 =A0on nexus0 >> sc0: Unknown<16 virtual consoles, flags=3D0x300> >> >> My thinking at first was possibly DMA trouble with the ATA controller, >> because I've noticed some people have had some issues on PowerMacs, >> but disabling DMA (set hw.ata.atapi_dma=3D0) didn't change anything. >> I'm at a loss as to what to do, any help would be appreciated. I'm >> hoping to breathe some fresh life into this laptop. >> >> Thanks for any help or suggestions you guys might have, >> Mike Cochran >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" > > > Can you try a verbose boot (boot -v from the loader prompt)? That should = at > least give us some more information to work with. > -Nathan