support installing FreeBSD on PowerPC G5

[Rick Thomas]

Hi Joseph,

Welcome to the mailing list!

Try the 10.1 STABLE iso at

    http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/powerpc/powerpc64/ISO-IMAGES/10.1/FreeBSD-10.1-STABLE-powerpc-powerpc64-20150121-r277483-disc1.iso

There are reported to be some problems with powerpc64 (e.g. Macintosh G5) disks prior to this one.

Rick

PS: Please report back to the freebsd-ppc mailing list and tell us how/whether it worked for you…


On Feb 2, 2015, at 11:30 PM, Joseph Kakisina <j.kakisina at me.com> wrote:

> Dear sir,
> 
> I’ve purchased the FreeBSD 10.0 insulation CD’s and want to install FreeBSD on my ‘old’ PowerPC G5.
> After starting up with cmd-option O-F I typed the command
> 
> boot cd:,\ppc\chrp\loader cd:0
> 
> and hit return
> the system appends load-size=0 adler32=1 so I see on the screen
> 
> boot cd:,\ppc\chrp\loader cd:0 load-size=0 adler32=1
> 
> I got the error message LOAD-SIZE is too small
> 
> Anybody any suggestions what  I should do to fix this error ?
> 
> Kind regards,
> Joseph Kakisina
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