Re: how many users of FreeBSD 12 do we have on powerpc?
Dennis Clarke via freebsd-ppc <[email protected]>
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On 2/12/21 11:43 PM, Julio Merino wrote: > On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 8:10 PM Dennis Clarke via freebsd-ppc < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2/12/21 9:03 AM, Brandon Bergren wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2021, at 12:39 AM, Damon Zwolinski wrote: >>>> I have three G5s that are still on 10. I use CDs/DVDs to install and I >>>> don't think I could get 12 to work that way. I'll try 13 this weekend. >>>> >>>> - d >>> >>> Make sure and do it with -BETA2 when it's out instead of using an >> earlier version -- there was a bug introduced in December that was only >> recently fixed that broke boot on G5, and -BETA2 will be the first version >> to contain the fix. >>> >>> The images should hopefully be available sometime today. >>> >> >> I am about to jump on this. Thank you. Do we still need to do some >> fiddling at boot with kern.smp.disabled=1 and/or set usefdt=1 ? >> >> I seem to recall something odd about the old PowerMac G5 units not >> allowing multiple processor cores. >> > > I just upgraded my dual-processor G5 to 13-BETA2 and it's working well > without any workarounds like the one you describe. How did you do the install? My quad G5 is in a screaming fan loop right now. The installer seems to boot up fine to a point where sata devices are being discovered. Then the screaming fans begin. > > (I do get occasional freezes though which I haven't been able to pinpoint, > which seem to happen soon after boot sometimes. But they also happened with > 12.2, so no surprises there.) OKay. So what you are saying is that the beta2 is broken still on these old machines. Got it. I will try : set debug.rman_debug=1 set debug.verbose_sysinit=1 set usefdt=1 and then boot -v per Bug 238730 which was "fixed". See https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238730 Also if you are curious : https://beta.genunix.com/freebsd/ppc64/freebsd_13.0_beta2_fans_screaming_20210213002813.jpg At this point the only option is to hit the power button and give a try at some boot options. Just for the sake of trying. -- Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken GreyBeard and suspenders optional _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"