Re: Test of FreeBSD-13.0-ALPHA3-powerpc-powerpc64-20210129-40cb0344eb2-256214-disc1.iso.xz

[Brandon Bergren]

On Fri, Feb 12, 2021, at 7:53 AM, Dennis Clarke via freebsd-ppc wrote:
> 
> Just a tiny note from me to let you know that I did just test the
> installer image :
> 
> FreeBSD-13.0-ALPHA3-powerpc-powerpc64-20210129-40cb0344eb2-256214-disc1.iso.xz
> 
> Seen at https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/13.0
> 
> Wherein the boot process halts nearly immediately with a "decrementer"
> error and some hex and then fans roaring.
> 
> So that is not helpful but at least I tried.

Known issue. There was a bug introduced in December that broke boot on G5. The -BETA2 images which should be available shortly will contain the fix.

> 
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