Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:57:17 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to install FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 on a PowerMac G5 Message-ID: <20110116185717.3530ca0f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <20110113220450.57d09983.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20110113220450.57d09983.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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Update: On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:04:50 +0100 Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 on a PowerMac G5[1]. > The machine boots from the CD (disc1 image) when I press "C" on the keyboard, but after booting, > when it shows the "Country Selection" dialog, the keyboard no longer works. > How do I fix / workaround this problem? > > FWIW, i also tried with FreeBSD 8.1-release (both on CD and from a usb memory stick), the CD hung, > the memory stick has the same problem as 8.2-RC1; the keyboard is not working when the "Country Selection" > dialog shows up. Full details on the FreeBSD page[2] for this machine. > > References: > 1) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powermac_g5 > 2) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powermac_g5_freebsd After testing the machine with ASD, swapping memory etc, the staus is that the mcahine isn't totally ok, but I can get about two hours of working time on it (from "cold") before problems start to show up. A few things I have figured out: 1) whenever I try to boot a FreeBSD install CD ("disc1") on this machine, it hangs with acd0 errors, and will not go on from there. This goes for both the FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 image and the FreeBSD 9.0-20101118-SNAP image. 2) If I put the same image on a usb memory stick, I can successfully boot it, provided that there isn't a CD in the cd drive. If there is a cd in the drive, the hang problem shows up again. Again, this holds true for both the 8.2-RC1 and the 9.0-20101118-SNAP image. 3) When I get to the main screen, I select Fixit, then "live filesystem from usb", but the installer says "no usb devices found". 4) Since there isn't a "scroll lock" key on a Mac keyboard, I do not know how to display the boot messages, so I can't give more info about what might be wrong. 5) I could have used "dmesg" but it isn't on the install image. I could have mounted the live fs manually, but the install image doesn't have a "mount" command. Info about this machine[II] and about FreeBSD on this machine[I]. Questions: a) is there a way to perform the "scroll lock" keypress on a Mac keyboard? b) how can I get the livefs mounted? References: I) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powermac_g5_freebsd II) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powermac_g5 -- Torfinn
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