Panic on install boot

[Nathan Whitehorn]

Yes, you just need to upgrade to the latest sources in -CURRENT. Follow 
the source upgrade directions in the handbook 
(http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading.html), starting 
in the section titled "Tracking a development branch". You shouldn't 
have to live with your computer sounding like it is full of angry bees 
for more than an hour or so.
-Nathan

Alexander Bakst wrote:
> Thanks - to tell the truth, I installed Debian last night. However, I 
> haven't quite committed to Debian, so I think I'll give this a shot. 
> It'd be nice to learn an actual unix.
>
> If I install the 9.0-SNAP image, is there also a way to pull in the 
> changes to fix the fan issue?
>
> Thanks,
> Alexander
>
> On 2/22/10 6:00 PM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote:
>> Alexander Bakst wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I recently got a power mac g5, and am trying to install freebsd 8.0. 
>>> I am using "8.0-RELEASE-powerpc-disc1.iso". Immediately after 
>>> booting, I get "panic: moea 64 bootstrap: too many ofw translations."
>>>
>>> Is there a fix for this issue?
>>>
>> There was a bug in the 8.0 install CDs that prevents them from 
>> booting on a large number of G5 systems. You can use a 9.0-SNAP image 
>> I made in November to get a bootable CD:
>>
>> http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/9.0-20091112-SNAP/9.0-20091112-SNAP-powerpc-disc1.iso 
>>
>>
>> Also, -CURRENT now has some updates to smu(4) that prevent the fans 
>> in SMU-based machines from running at maximum all the time, which 
>> should be MFCed shortly and will be in 8.1. Once those are MFCed in 
>> the next week or two, I will make an 8.0-STABLE CD with those updates.
>> -Nathan