FreeBSD 11.3 or 12.x on IBM 9115-505

[Phil Scarr]

So I do have Debian 10 running on the system now, but I was hoping to get FreeBSD on it.  According to another email I saw come through, getting FreeBSD to recognize ANY of the onboard devices (except the network card) is extremely unlikely.  I’m disappointed that TeamLinux is so much further ahead than TeamBSD on this, but given the relative marketshare of each team, I can’t say I’m surprised.  :-(

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> On Oct 22, 2019, at 11:11 AM, georg at bege.email wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I've the same issue on a POWER7 based IBM machine,
> Im not really well versed with IBM POWER platforms.
> My guess was that the thing cant find the CD device or the path is
> wrong...
>
> If someone knows more, Im willing to try other things..
> Gentoo Linux Livecd was booting up fine...
>
> Am 2019-10-22 18:04, schrieb Phil Scarr via freebsd-ppc:
>
>> Should either 11.3 or 12.1-RC2 be expected to work on an IBM POWER5+
>> system?  In both cases, when the DVD is booted, I get:
>>
>> IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM
>> IBM
>> /
>> Elapsed time since release of system processors: 1 mins 42 secs
>> Consoles: Open Firmware console
>>
>> FreeBSD/powerpc64 Open Firmware loader, Revision 0.1
>> (Fri Jul  5 04:15:14 UTC 2019 root at releng2.nyi.freebsd.org)
>> Memory: 262144KB
>> Booted from: /pci at 800000020000002/pci at 2,3/ide at 1/disk at 0
>>
>> \
>> can't load 'kernel'
>>
>> Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
>> OK
>>
>> Any guidance?
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