From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 25 14:43:53 2010 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 93FD4106566B for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:43:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from mail.icecube.wisc.edu (trout.icecube.wisc.edu [128.104.255.119]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57F5C8FC0A for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:43:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.icecube.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3F86582C7; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 09:43:51 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at icecube.wisc.edu Received: from mail.icecube.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (trout.icecube.wisc.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10030) with ESMTP id CSjE-X8Uco8F; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 09:43:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: from wanderer.tachypleus.net (unknown [76.210.68.10]) by mail.icecube.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34755582C5; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 09:43:51 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <4C9E0AA7.8030400@freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:43:51 +0200 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.12) Gecko/20100914 Thunderbird/3.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Mather References: <20100910173536.01c43656@anacreon.physics.wisc.edu> <1321084E-3EA7-4FAB-8010-4BA98598074E@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <1321084E-3EA7-4FAB-8010-4BA98598074E@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New powerpc64 snapshot 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: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:43:53 -0000 On 09/21/10 22:36, Paul Mather wrote: > On Sep 10, 2010, at 6:35 PM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > >> I have built a new powerpc64 snapshot that should have a more >> functional installer and not have disk-detection problems on some >> models of G5 Powermac. This snapshot can be found at >> http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/FreeBSD-9.0-20100910-SNAP-powerpc64 >> >> Installation directions are the same as for 32-bit PowerPC: >> http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/ppcinstall.txt >> >> SMP is also now in the default powerpc64 kernel configuration, thanks >> to Peter Grehan. > > I just tried this snapshot but did not have much luck installing. > > I am trying to install on a headless Xserve G5 via a serial console. > I can boot the CD from OpenFirmware and enter the installer. I then drop > into the Fixit shell but cannot successfully complete any partitioning > via gpart. Commands like "gpart show" will display the existing > partition table, but any gpart command that affects the partition table > (gpart delete; gpart add; etc.) will not complete (coincidentally, the > fan seems to start racing then, too). The system isn't hung because > CTRL-C will bring me back to sysinstall. There isn't any fan control at present (although this should be committed soon), so the fan doesn't have anything to do with it. It sounds like you found a gpart bug, so maybe Marcel has some ideas. One thing you could try is to remove the previous partition map with gpart destroy and than make a new one with gpart create. > I currently have Mac OS X 10.5 on this system, and would like to > replace it with FreeBSD/powerpc64. Has anyone done this successfully, or > have any hints about what I may be missing? It worked fine for me, but I was using a fresh disk. Removing the existing partition map, or trying with a fresh SATA disk, might help. > Oh, and is it possible to change the OpenFirmware serial console > speed to something lower than 57600? I have an IBM 3151 TTY (with VT100 > personality card) I'd like to use as a permanently-attached serial > console but it only goes up to 19200 in its setup options. :-( This one I have no idea. You can change it in FreeBSD, of course, but that doesn't affect OF. -Nathan