BSD Install ISO will not boot on Low End G3

Peter Grehan grehan at freebsd.org
Wed Feb 2 20:42:03 UTC 2011


>> Works on a g5 iMac, though I get a hang just after the teken message.
>
> Weird. Is this the 64-bit or the 32-bit ISO?

  It's the Jan-30 64-bit ISO. I'll give it a try on the quad G5 and see 
if it gets further.

> Worse. In addition to that problem, mkisofs is actively corrupting some
> files (/usr/bin/id, for instance) in the ISO9660 part of the disk when I
> try to make a hybrid disk.

  Doh, that's not good to hear :(

later,

Peter.



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