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Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 6.2 on PowerPC 7400 (G4)
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Hi Robin,

> Alright guys. So I went home, and did as instructed, but now I'm
> getting an ofw error when I try to boot the loader.
> 
> CLAIM failed.
> 
> What the heck is this?
> 
> I'm trying to boot with:
> 
> boot hd:loader hd:3

  Is this directly after a boot ? If so, can you see if it is possible 
to get a directory listing of "hd:" (the default partition)

0 > dir hd:,\

  .. and you should see the loader.

  How much RAM is on your machine ?

later,

Peter.