Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:38:04 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.1-RC1 fails to boot on iBook G4 Message-ID: <4C1A253C.7040905@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <ACC43406-4175-40E5-A974-A72A54EF55E8@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> References: <ACC43406-4175-40E5-A974-A72A54EF55E8@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
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On 06/16/10 21:13, Paul Mather wrote: > I just tried to book the 8.1-RC1 disc1 ISO on an iBook G4 but it failed to boot into FreeBSD. I was left at the Open Firmware prompt. Is FreeBSD known not to work on an iBook G4? I was able to boot successfully into the FreeBSD installer using this same disc on a PowerBook G4. > That should work perfectly fine. I have a G4 iBook of the same model running FreeBSD. > Decrementer exception at %SRR0: 00100100 %SRR1: 10003030 > This is a very rare race during early initialization that happens on some machines and that no one has been able to track down. A timer seems to have gone off in the middle of the OF->kernel transition. It's possible that if you wait a different amount of time at the boot prompt it won't happen. -Nathan
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