Trying to install FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 on a PowerMac G5
Torfinn Ingolfsen
torfinn.ingolfsen at broadpark.no
Sun Jan 23 17:21:03 UTC 2011
Another update:
On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:57:17 +0100
Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen at broadpark.no> wrote:
> A few things I have figured out:
> 1) whenever I try to boot a FreeBSD install CD ("disc1") on this
> machine, it hangs with acd0 errors, and will not go on from there. This
> goes for both the FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 image and the FreeBSD
> 9.0-20101118-SNAP image.
Ok, this problem is now figured out (thanks to a hint from Nathan
Whitehorn), and a workaround exists. If you do
set hw.ata.atapi_dma=0
from the boot loader prompt ("OK"), all CDs will boot. Cool!
More info on the FreeBSD page[1] for this machine.
References:
1) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powermac_g5_freebsd
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Torfinn
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