Running FreeBSD-ppc/ppc64 on emulators? [.iso based CD boot problems exist for PowerMac G5's too]

[Mark Millard]

This boot issue from .iso's (burned to CDs) is not specific to emulation (assuming it is the same problem in both places).

I'm afraid that it sounds like PowerMac G5's hang the same way/place whenever I've tried a fairly modern PowerPC64 10.0-STABLE .iso burned to a CD. I was able to boot 10.0-RELEASE's .iso burned to a CD. I've not tried emulation.

Having an initial FreeBSD running I tend to use the MANIFEST and .txz files with "bsdinstall auto" to make new from-scratch (not buildworld/buildkernel) installations when I want such.

My notes on the G5 boot issue for the .iso's burned to CD's were reported in: (I'm not near the PowerMacs, unfortunately)

FreeBSD 10-STABLE powerpc64 r266807 CD PowerMac7, 2 (and 7, 11) boot hangs very early in the process

Has anyone booted a G5 PowerMac from a recent 10.0-STABLE .iso burned to CD? A multi-processor one?

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Mark Millard
markmi at dsl-only.net