From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 3 07:31:09 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CC590AE2 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2015 07:31:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nk11p03mm-asmtp001.mac.com (nk11p03mm-asmtp001.mac.com [17.158.232.236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B351DEA3 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2015 07:31:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.4.109.18] (unknown [94.124.138.194]) by nk11p03mm-asmtp001.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7.0.5.35.0 64bit (built Dec 4 2014)) with ESMTPSA id <0NJ600D6EQ7EC620@nk11p03mm-asmtp001.mac.com> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2015 07:30:53 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.13.68,1.0.33,0.0.0000 definitions=2015-02-03_03:2015-02-03,2015-02-03,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=1 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1412110000 definitions=main-1502030076 From: Joseph Kakisina Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Subject: support installing FreeBSD on PowerPC G5 Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 08:30:49 +0100 Message-id: <715016CC-74FF-4DF0-9BA0-EB2F72E8A8C6@me.com> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2070.6\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2070.6) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 07:31:09 -0000 Dear sir, I=E2=80=99ve purchased the FreeBSD 10.0 insulation CD=E2=80=99s and want = to install FreeBSD on my =E2=80=98old=E2=80=99 PowerPC G5. After starting up with cmd-option O-F I typed the command boot cd:,\ppc\chrp\loader cd:0 and hit return the system appends load-size=3D0 adler32=3D1 so I see on the screen boot cd:,\ppc\chrp\loader cd:0 load-size=3D0 adler32=3D1 I got the error message LOAD-SIZE is too small Anybody any suggestions what I should do to fix this error ? Kind regards, Joseph Kakisina=