Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 15:13:16 -0400 From: steve caturan <info@danskoya.com> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD ppc 12.1 & iMac PowerPC G3 DV Message-ID: <CAFeaYjx%2BpXG1-bMi=kJUnTvzmTLV3bni58GoHP8naJW5%2BKAPbA@mail.gmail.com>
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Howdy all, Just recently got an iMac G3 DV 400Mhz and I want to repurpose it to run FreeBSD as light-weight server at home (rsync, squid, reverse SSH tunnels, et al) Hardware Overview: PowerMac 2,1 PowerPC 750 (83.2) Boot ROM Version: 4.1.9f1 RAM: 384MB CPU Speed: 400Mhz Here's what I have tried. Used the ppc (boot only) ISO of FreeBSD 10.4, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3 (all -RELEASE) to boot off a CD - it goes through orange screen with all OFW stuff, I hit Enter then it goes through the boot process but then all of a sudden, the machine reboots. All 4 major releases render the same results. In terms of booting off a CD with all the attempts I've made to get into the FreeBSD installer, I tried the built-in slot-loading drive and an external CD/DVD drive (USB). FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE, -STABLE and 13-CURRENT gets stuck but doesn't reboot and halts. Links to screen shots are below: https://danskoya.com/freebsd-ppc/boot1.jpg https://danskoya.com/freebsd-ppc/boot2.jpg https://danskoya.com/freebsd-ppc/boot3.jpg I know this is unrelated, but I managed to install OpenBSD 6.6 ppc on the same machine using the same booting method. Please advise as to what I should do to move forward. I'm a novice FreeBSD user and have a lot of patience. Thank you, and much appreciated. -- Steve
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