9.0-RC1 crash on G5 (late 2005)

[Justin Hibbits]

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:28:13 -0500
Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 10/27/11 20:26, Justin Hibbits wrote:
> > I don't know the conditions of the crash, but sometime after
> > booting, can happen right away, or later, my G5 just stops.  No
> > kernel panic, no messages, it just stops.  The red light in the
> > case comes on, and it just sits there.
> >
> > Hardware:  Late 2005 model G5, Dual-core 2.0GHz, 4GB RAM.
> >
> > Anything else I can provide, just ask.  Can't provide a coredump,
> > dmesg, or anything else like that, though (machine just dies).
> >
> 
> Is this a 32 or a 64-bit kernel? I have the same model, with a 64-bit 
> kernel, as my primary desktop, and have never seen anything like this.
> -Nathan

To add yet another data point, I tried booting a snapshot from last
year (2010-11-17), and that also had the same problem, but only when
booted into a full production mode.  When booted from CD, it worked
just fine.  Should I even bother trying a ppc32 install?  I know I'd
lose out on 2GB of the RAM.

- Justin