Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 22:16:36 -0400 From: Mehul Sanghvi <mehul.sanghvi@gmail.com> To: Brandon Bergren <bdragon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PowerMac G4 booting from memstick image Message-ID: <097E0875-0C62-4C8F-A9C3-8097E2B408C2@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <e8df0188-9cde-4c41-964e-af7d1e0fdc39@www.fastmail.com> References: <A0937215-7A85-4250-B387-4175E10591C8@gmail.com> <CAOpTx7Fe%2BYMy=W%2Bs2-qz9V0803xPeqk19qptyG4fwdE5GUY7SQ@mail.gmail.com> <0E36A05F-017F-4B81-80E9-BC27D10E64FD@gmail.com> <800807B2-83C1-40CB-B5D3-67B5A6AED2C7@yahoo.com> <6F45C842-2520-46AF-8818-B1E18107C706@gmail.com> <e8df0188-9cde-4c41-964e-af7d1e0fdc39@www.fastmail.com>
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> On Apr 19, 2021, at 21:42 , Brandon Bergren <bdragon@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
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> This may be caused by a descynced timebase. At the loader prompt, do "boot kern.smp.disabled=1" (or set it in the loader environment) and see if that fixes it.
>
This would be after installing freebsd yes ?
>>
>> Having gotten to the point of selecting Install, the keyboard wouldn’t
>> work. An Apple keyboard, hooked up via KVM switch, which was working
>> just fine upto that moment.
>
> I've seen this for some reason on ADB. I can usually work around it by using a USB keyboard. But it could be due to screwed up timers (due to timebase desync)
>
The Apple keyboard is an USB keyboard but I worked around it by using a spare USB keyboard I had.
The ISO got past the mountroot issue, but too many messages of the form
CAM status: CCB request completed with an error
I may have to see if I have other USB flash dries around and try those. It could very well be the USB flash. I didn’t realize the G4s would be picky about the stick that is used.
cheers,
mehul
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