Failed install attempt for FreeBSD 10 RC1 powerpc64

[Nathan Whitehorn]

On 12/14/13 02:45, Erik Larsson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just tried installing FreeBSD 10 RC1 powerpc64 on my PowerMac11,2
> (2x2.3 GHz). The disc created from the ISO booted fine, and I was able
> to install FreeBSD onto a UFS filesystem on my second hard drive (I
> couldn't find an option to install to ZFS), but after a reboot the
> system boot setting 'boot-device' in nvram had not changed (it booted
> the previous default OS instead).
>
> I fixed the nvram value myself to point at the instealled .elf file
> and made another attempt at booting. It loads the .elf file, the
> screen flashes into black and then it exits back to openfirmware.
> Seems to crash somehow.
>
> Does anybody have an idea what to try next to make the install succeed
> and boot?
>
> Best regards,
>
> - Erik
>
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In case this never got answered, you probably want to boot bootinfo.txt
instead of boot1.elf. Holding option should also let OF figure out the
right thing to do.
-Nathan