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Subject: Re: Development PowerMac G4 - which FreeBSD version should I
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On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:05:51 -0400
Jorge Medina <jmedina@traza.cl> wrote:

> none, because there is a problem with the machine G4
> (2005/11/5, FreeBSD/powerpc specific) The following panic may occur at
> boot-time on some older PowerMac G4 systems:
> 
> ...
> KDB: current backend: ddb
> panic: Assertion curthread != NULL failed at
> /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_mutex.c:268
> KDB: enter panic
> 

I see this when I try to boot the latest 7.0 iso from Peters web page,
yes.
Ok, are there any workarounds for this problem?
I still have a FreeBSD installation on my Mac mini (ok, on an external
fw drive connected to the mini), so if there is a workaround I could use
that to build a new kernel, cd or whatever.
-- 
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen,
Norway