Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:25:31 -0500 From: Alexander Bakst <alexander.bakst@gmail.com> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Panic on install boot Message-ID: <4B8358BB.10703@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B835426.1090002@freebsd.org> References: <4B81BBC7.5050100@gmail.com> <4B830C74.3020603@freebsd.org> <4B83233F.5050601@gmail.com> <4B835426.1090002@freebsd.org>
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Perfect. Maybe if I can find some spare cycles I can look into contributing somehow. I spent the first hour of work today looking at ibm's power 970 manual. --Alexander On 2/22/10 11:05 PM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > 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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