Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:37:19 -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: <4B83233F.5050601@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B830C74.3020603@freebsd.org> References: <4B81BBC7.5050100@gmail.com> <4B830C74.3020603@freebsd.org>
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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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