From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 3 17:57:42 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 42CE3AA6 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2015 17:57:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from anacreon.physics.berkeley.edu (anacreon.Physics.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.117.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "anacreon.physics.wisc.edu", Issuer "anacreon.physics.wisc.edu" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 24790D84 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2015 17:57:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from anacreon.physics.berkeley.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by anacreon.physics.berkeley.edu (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t13HtiN4093745 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2015 09:55:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <54D10BA0.9040409@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 09:55:44 -0800 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD powerpc; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: support installing FreeBSD on PowerPC G5 References: <715016CC-74FF-4DF0-9BA0-EB2F72E8A8C6@me.com> In-Reply-To: <715016CC-74FF-4DF0-9BA0-EB2F72E8A8C6@me.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 17:57:42 -0000 On 02/02/15 23:30, Joseph Kakisina wrote: > Dear sir, > > I’ve purchased the FreeBSD 10.0 insulation CD’s and want to install FreeBSD on my ‘old’ 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=0 adler32=1 so I see on the screen > > boot cd:,\ppc\chrp\loader cd:0 load-size=0 adler32=1 > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Have you tried just inserting the disk and pressing "c"? That should work more reliably. You might also want to try a parameter RAM reset if some of your OF variables are screwy. -Nathan