Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 09:10:54 +0100 From: Michael Tuexen <Michael.Tuexen@macmic.franken.de> To: Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: after running the installer on a PowerMac G5 no root filesystem found Message-ID: <15F2B2EA-2129-46A8-BAAA-5AB8A9B6478B@macmic.franken.de> In-Reply-To: <6f6d590b-02ef-ef9c-ed58-50121142e616@blastwave.org> References: <6f6d590b-02ef-ef9c-ed58-50121142e616@blastwave.org>
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> On 13. Nov 2018, at 23:03, Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org> wrote: > > > Not sure if this is a bug in the installer or what but I can tell you > that the installer seems to do what it says it will do. I boot a G5 > with the latest 12.0b4 installer dvd and go through the usual motions > wherein I select a whole disk auto ufs install and allow the installer > to do whatever magic it does for an Apple type partition. Every other > type of partition results in a popup message that simply says this > platform can not support or boot or grok this partition. So I go with > the Apple type. Nothing else fancy here. > > At first boot I get a load of text and then a strange prompt that seems > to be asking where is the root filesystem? It also lists all the various > filesystems found. I tried to enter ufs:/dev/adas2 and similar things > but this gets me nothing but an unrecognized filesystem message. > > So .. something obvious? Can you try setting the variable kern.smp.disabled to 1 at the loader prompt? If that helps, you can add kern.smp.disabled=1 to /boot/leader.conf I had all sorts of problems until I disabled SMP on my G5 PowerMacs. Without SMP they are running very stable. Best regards Michael > > Dennis > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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