Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:48:34 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PowerBook G3 (Pismo/Firewire) Install CD Hangs Message-ID: <20120108174834.8237f708.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <CAGR6j=w44AQT6oCEbmNrVayBqOCK65tMThe1NiVZWgu_ijGcpQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGR6j=w44AQT6oCEbmNrVayBqOCK65tMThe1NiVZWgu_ijGcpQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:48:56 -0600 Mike Cochran <vongrippen@gmail.com> wrote: > My thinking at first was possibly DMA trouble with the ATA controller, > because I've noticed some people have had some issues on PowerMacs, > but disabling DMA (set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0) didn't change anything. Have you tried this in combination with boot -v? On at least one PowerPC machine it was needed for me (but that machine was G5, it was before 9.0-release, YMMV). HTH -- Torfinn
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