Re: Booting FreeBSD 13.0R on IBM 9407 (POWER5+) - loader hangs

On 20/01/22 11:24, markshank@aol.com wrote:
> 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:
>
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> IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM     STARTING SOFTWARE       IBM IBM IBM IBM 
> IBM IBM
> IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM        PLEASE WAIT...       IBM IBM IBM IBM 
> IBM IBM
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> IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM 
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> IBM IBM
>
> BOOTP: chosen-network-type = ethernet,auto,rj45,auto
> BOOTP: server   IP =        0.0.0.0
> BOOTP: requested filename =
> BOOTP: client   IP =        0.0.0.0
> BOOTP: client   HW addr =   0 14 5e 96 73 1c
> BOOTP: gateway  IP =        0.0.0.0
> BOOTP: device /pci@800000020000004/pci@2,4/ethernet@1
> BOOTP: 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/loader
> FINAL Packet Count = 658
> FINAL File Size = 336492 bytes.
> load-base=0x4000
> real-base=0xc00000
>
> Elapsed time since release of system processors: 99 mins 52 secs
> Consoles: Open Firmware console
>
> FreeBSD/powerpc Open Firmware loader, Revision 0.1
> Memory: 262144KB
> Booted from: /pci@800000020000004/pci@2,4/ethernet@1
>
> boot: ethernet address: 00:14:5e:96:73:1c
> Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
> /boot/kernel/kernel data=0xcb2318+0x2a99fa |
>
> What does this mean and how do I fix it?

It looks like it fails when attempting to load the kernel.

-Al


> Thanks,
> Mark