Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2014 09:10:15 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Erik Larsson <catacombae@gmail.com>, freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Failed install attempt for FreeBSD 10 RC1 powerpc64 Message-ID: <52C967C7.3050101@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <52AC0CA3.2010301@gmail.com> References: <52AC0CA3.2010301@gmail.com>
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On 12/14/13 02:45, Erik Larsson wrote: > Hi all, > > I just tried installing FreeBSD 10 RC1 powerpc64 on my PowerMac11,2 > (2x2.3 GHz). The disc created from the ISO booted fine, and I was able > to install FreeBSD onto a UFS filesystem on my second hard drive (I > couldn't find an option to install to ZFS), but after a reboot the > system boot setting 'boot-device' in nvram had not changed (it booted > the previous default OS instead). > > I fixed the nvram value myself to point at the instealled .elf file > and made another attempt at booting. It loads the .elf file, the > screen flashes into black and then it exits back to openfirmware. > Seems to crash somehow. > > Does anybody have an idea what to try next to make the install succeed > and boot? > > Best regards, > > - Erik > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" In case this never got answered, you probably want to boot bootinfo.txt instead of boot1.elf. Holding option should also let OF figure out the right thing to do. -Nathan
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