Installing FreeBSD 12 on a POWER7
Georg Bege <[email protected]>
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Hello mailing list, I've tried to install FreeBSD 12 on a POWER 740 today. As far as I know POWER7 should be supported, I couldnt find a lot of information - but ... it should be. While Im an experienced FreeBSD user, this is my *first* POWER installation. I chose to boot the ISO: https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/powerpc/powerpc64/ISO-IMAGES/12.0/FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64-dvd1.iso I didnt try other releases, as I were running out of time. Since the machine has a DVD drive, I booted via SMS from this device and the loader started. However it was unable to find the kernel. My initial guess is that while it was accessing the media, it couldnt find the media path?? I've made a couple of photos with my mobile, I'll put them online and I hope its not too offensive on a ML. At this time I was quite in a hurry and I forgot to make carbon-copies of all of my terminal output. Image showing bootup after SMS: https://imgur.com/a/7JWZqRT Also commands like 'ls /' etc. werent possible either. I managed to boot a Gentoo Linux LiveCD however, that worked fine. Has someone any advice how I can proceed debugging this? Would you say this is an issue regarding booting from this DVD, I could also try booting via network. best regards, Georg _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"