Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 12:58:12 -0600 From: Bill Sorenson <instructionset@gmail.com> To: Evan Sabin <memereferencehere@gmail.com> Cc: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Xserve G5 (RackMac3,1) Installation Issues on powerpc64 Message-ID: <CACcTwYkF420jLabDf8mUdOLJG2O9awLCcOOKTVodaNzw1CjnjQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <69091F24-0F71-4961-ABF4-E78A98EE915E@gmail.com> References: <6A98081F-0C6B-4F26-B2E0-7E680B6CBF9D@gmail.com> <f9000035-a569-160f-c50d-9e533d937549@freebsd.org> <69091F24-0F71-4961-ABF4-E78A98EE915E@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 10:19 AM, Evan Sabin <memereferencehere@gmail.com> wrote: > Firstly, likely to someone=E2=80=99s satisfaction and relief, I=E2=80=99m= now starting the CD the right way. I have a 10.3 install disk just in case= , but I started with 11.1 this morning, and this is what happened: > > The installer runs using 11.1-STABLE, up until attempting to fetch packag= es from ftp.freebsd.org. In such a case, all I get is repeated =E2=80=9CFil= e unavailable (e.g. file not found, no access)=E2=80=9D errors over and ove= r until it gives up and claims it has failed to retrieve the remote distrib= ution. So that didn=E2=80=99t work worth a darn. > > Then, I did the unthinkable and installed 12.0-CURRENT with seemingly no = problems for the most part. Unfortunately =E2=80=94 and perhaps this is sta= ndard procedure, though I doubt it =E2=80=94 kernel.txz is taking ages to e= xtract (it=E2=80=99s been about half an hour at the time of writing). It=E2= =80=99s been stuck at 21% for this time with no updates despite being able = to move the mouse and select text etc., but I=E2=80=99m not keen on shuttin= g down the system mid-install. Not to mention, the system is running at ful= l blast. Should I go ahead and stop this, then try 10.3? I defer to Nathan's expertise in this area but I would try 10.3 as I can confirm that 'works for me.' I'm going to start a build of 10.4 on my machine right now and I'll see if it boots. If it doesn't I wont be able to collect more data until this evening, I'm currently remote.
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