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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Garrett Zuhoski <geezuh@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Error with Install CD on PPC iMac G3
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Garrett Zuhoski <geezuh@gmail.com> writes:
> I have an old iMac that I was wanting to play around with, and since linux
> has been dropping PPC support left and right, I figured this would be a
> good opportunity to play around with other Unices like FreeBSD.
> Upon boot, the bootloader comes up and loads the kernel, then quickly
> scrolling text followed by a reboot of the machine.
> Here is a photo of the error: http://i.imgur.com/ZgBBLjG.png

Which FreeBSD version is that?

My own experience on a couple different PPC-era Macs is that 10.3
works fine, but 11 and CURRENT hang somewhere near where you're showing.
Might or might not be the same issue.  The archives of this list contain
several different threads about boot problems on Apple PPC hardware
over the last year or so.

			regards, tom lane