Re: Booting FreeBSD 13.0R on IBM 9407 (POWER5+) - loader hangs
Al <[email protected]>
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On 20/01/22 11:24, [email protected] wrote: > I was recently gifted an IBM 9407-515 which now lives in my homelab. > It appears to be a slightly newer version of this > machine: https://wiki.freebsd.org/powerpc/IBM9133 > > I am trying to install and run FreeBSD 13.0-Release on it. I have > learned that it will not boot from the SCSI DVD drive. I have setup a > BOOTP/TFTP/NFS server for netbooting following the instructions I > found > here: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/advanced-networking/#network-diskless > > It appears to launch loader and the twiddle spins briefly before it > stops and nothing more happens. The HMC reports the status as Running > with a Reference Code of CA00E105 which means "Transfer control to the > operating system (normal boot)". > > Here is an excerpt from the console: > > IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM > IBM IBM > IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM > IBM IBM > IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM > IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM STARTING SOFTWARE IBM IBM IBM IBM > IBM IBM > IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM PLEASE WAIT... IBM IBM IBM IBM > IBM IBM > IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM > IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM > IBM IBM > IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM > IBM IBM > > BOOTP: chosen-network-type = ethernet,auto,rj45,auto > BOOTP: server IP = 0.0.0.0 > BOOTP: requested filename = > BOOTP: client IP = 0.0.0.0 > BOOTP: client HW addr = 0 14 5e 96 73 1c > BOOTP: gateway IP = 0.0.0.0 > BOOTP: device /pci@800000020000004/pci@2,4/ethernet@1 > BOOTP: loc-code U787F.001.DPM3XNL-P1-T5 > > BOOTP: wait 60 seconds for Spanning Tree ... > > BOOTP R = 1 BOOTP S = 2 > FILE: /FreeBSD/13.0R/boot/loader > FINAL Packet Count = 658 > FINAL File Size = 336492 bytes. > load-base=0x4000 > real-base=0xc00000 > > Elapsed time since release of system processors: 99 mins 52 secs > Consoles: Open Firmware console > > FreeBSD/powerpc Open Firmware loader, Revision 0.1 > Memory: 262144KB > Booted from: /pci@800000020000004/pci@2,4/ethernet@1 > > boot: ethernet address: 00:14:5e:96:73:1c > Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf > /boot/kernel/kernel data=0xcb2318+0x2a99fa | > > What does this mean and how do I fix it? It looks like it fails when attempting to load the kernel. -Al > Thanks, > Mark