Booting FreeBSD 13.0R on IBM 9407 (POWER5+) - loader hangs
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Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:24:38 UTC
I was recently gifted an IBM 9407-515 which now lives in my homelab. It appears to be a slightly newer version of this machine: https://wiki.freebsd.org/powerpc/IBM9133 I am trying to install and run FreeBSD 13.0-Release on it. I have learned that it will not boot from the SCSI DVD drive. I have setup a BOOTP/TFTP/NFS server for netbooting following the instructions I found here: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/advanced-networking/#network-diskless It appears to launch loader and the twiddle spins briefly before it stops and nothing more happens. The HMC reports the status as Running with a Reference Code of CA00E105 which means "Transfer control to the operating system (normal boot)". Here is an excerpt from the console: IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBMIBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM STARTING SOFTWARE IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBMIBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM PLEASE WAIT... IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBMIBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBMIBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM BOOTP: chosen-network-type = ethernet,auto,rj45,autoBOOTP: server IP = 0.0.0.0BOOTP: requested filename = BOOTP: client IP = 0.0.0.0BOOTP: client HW addr = 0 14 5e 96 73 1cBOOTP: gateway IP = 0.0.0.0BOOTP: device /pci@800000020000004/pci@2,4/ethernet@1BOOTP: loc-code U787F.001.DPM3XNL-P1-T5 BOOTP: wait 60 seconds for Spanning Tree ... BOOTP R = 1 BOOTP S = 2 FILE: /FreeBSD/13.0R/boot/loaderFINAL Packet Count = 658 FINAL File Size = 336492 bytes.load-base=0x4000 real-base=0xc00000 Elapsed time since release of system processors: 99 mins 52 secsConsoles: Open Firmware console FreeBSD/powerpc Open Firmware loader, Revision 0.1Memory: 262144KBBooted from: /pci@800000020000004/pci@2,4/ethernet@1 boot: ethernet address: 00:14:5e:96:73:1cLoading /boot/defaults/loader.conf/boot/kernel/kernel data=0xcb2318+0x2a99fa | What does this mean and how do I fix it? Thanks,Mark