8.0-RC2 on Rackmac3,1 - fatal kernel trap

[Nathan Whitehorn]

I'm not sure what's going on with the release CDs -- you should get 
farther than that. Full support for this hardware is currently only in 
-CURRENT, and missed the 8.0 release inclusion deadline. It should be in 
8-stable immediately after the release, however. I can supply an install 
ISO for -CURRENT, if you are interested.

But the CD should at least get you to complaints from the SATA 
controller, and the kernel certainly should not be jumping to a NULL 
address like it appears to be doing. Can you give some more details on 
your setup (i.e. serial or video console, did you boot by pressing 'C' 
or from the Open Firmware prompt, etc.), and maybe the full transcript 
of your boot attempt, with the snipped bits restored?

Thanks,
Nathan

Jacob Lambert wrote:
> I've been trying to boot the 8.0-RC2 iso on an Xserve G5. After the
> loader screen I simply get a fatal kernel trap.
>
> --- snip ---
>
> fatal kernel trap:
> 	exception	 	= 0x7 (program)
> 	srr0			= 0x0
> 	srr1			= 0x83030
> 	lr			= 0x59bfa0
> 	curthread		= 0
>
> panic: program trap
> Uptime: 1s
>
> --- snip ---
>
> Here's my hardware details
>
> Machine Name:			Xserve G5
> Machine Model:			RackMac3,1
> CPU Type:			PowerPC G5 (3.0)
> Number Of CPUs:		2
> CPU Speed:			2 GHz
> L2 Cache (per CPU):		512 KB
> Memory:				2 GB
> Bus Speed:			1 GHz
> Boot ROM Version:		5.1.7f1
>
> Do you guys have any advice for me? I'll see if I can dig up an
> 8.0-RC1 disc and report the results later tonight.
>
> -jacob
>
>