8.0-RC2 on Rackmac3,1 - fatal kernel trap

[Jacob Lambert]

  Yes, please, it it's not too much trouble I'd love a -CURRENT ppc iso.

  My previous attempts were all made with a video console. I've tried  
booting with 'C' at power up as well as issuing 'boot cd:,\boot\loader  
cd:0' from the openfirmware prompt. Results are the same either way.   
I finally yanked it from our data center last night and brought it to  
the office where I can fiddle with it in comfort; I should be able to  
provide you with a full boot transcript sometime later today.

-jacob

On Nov 4, 2009, at 6:18 PM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn at freebsd.org>  
wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
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