Power7 boot fail

Timothy Turner <[email protected]> Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:49:30 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.ppc
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I have been working on testing BSD 15.1 on an IBM Power7.
IBM 8202 Model E4C

I am booting via USB using SMS. The system does see the boot device and I
have successfully used the same USB device to boot into linux. I am getting
the following error when using normal mode.

Detected bad memory access to address: fffffffffffffffe
Package path = /packages/boot-mgr

I am getting the same error on 14.4, both 14.4 and 15.1 were using the
bootonly iso.

Tom

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<div dir=3D"ltr">I have been working on testing BSD 15.1 on an IBM Power7.=
=C2=A0<div>IBM 8202 Model E4C</div><div><br></div><div>I am booting via USB=
 using SMS. The system does see the boot device and I have successfully=C2=
=A0used the same USB device to boot into linux. I am getting the following =
error when using normal mode.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Detected bad m=
emory access to address: fffffffffffffffe<br>Package path =3D /packages/boo=
t-mgr<br></div><div><br></div><div>I am getting the same error on 14.4, bot=
h 14.4 and 15.1 were using the bootonly iso.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div=
>Tom</div></div>

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