Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:05:58 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Alexander Bakst <alexander.bakst@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Panic on install boot Message-ID: <4B835426.1090002@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4B83233F.5050601@gmail.com> References: <4B81BBC7.5050100@gmail.com> <4B830C74.3020603@freebsd.org> <4B83233F.5050601@gmail.com>
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Yes, you just need to upgrade to the latest sources in -CURRENT. Follow the source upgrade directions in the handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading.html), starting in the section titled "Tracking a development branch". You shouldn't have to live with your computer sounding like it is full of angry bees for more than an hour or so. -Nathan Alexander Bakst wrote: > Thanks - to tell the truth, I installed Debian last night. However, I > haven't quite committed to Debian, so I think I'll give this a shot. > It'd be nice to learn an actual unix. > > If I install the 9.0-SNAP image, is there also a way to pull in the > changes to fix the fan issue? > > Thanks, > Alexander > > On 2/22/10 6:00 PM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >> Alexander Bakst wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I recently got a power mac g5, and am trying to install freebsd 8.0. >>> I am using "8.0-RELEASE-powerpc-disc1.iso". Immediately after >>> booting, I get "panic: moea 64 bootstrap: too many ofw translations." >>> >>> Is there a fix for this issue? >>> >> There was a bug in the 8.0 install CDs that prevents them from >> booting on a large number of G5 systems. You can use a 9.0-SNAP image >> I made in November to get a bootable CD: >> >> http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/9.0-20091112-SNAP/9.0-20091112-SNAP-powerpc-disc1.iso >> >> >> Also, -CURRENT now has some updates to smu(4) that prevent the fans >> in SMU-based machines from running at maximum all the time, which >> should be MFCed shortly and will be in 8.1. Once those are MFCed in >> the next week or two, I will make an 8.0-STABLE CD with those updates. >> -Nathan
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