support installing FreeBSD on PowerPC G5

[Nathan Whitehorn]

On 02/02/15 23:30, Joseph Kakisina wrote:
> Dear sir,
>
> I’ve purchased the FreeBSD 10.0 insulation CD’s and want to install FreeBSD on my ‘old’ PowerPC G5.
> After starting up with cmd-option O-F I typed the command
>
> boot cd:,\ppc\chrp\loader cd:0
>
> and hit return
> the system appends load-size=0 adler32=1 so I see on the screen
>
> boot cd:,\ppc\chrp\loader cd:0 load-size=0 adler32=1
>
> I got the error message LOAD-SIZE is too small
>
> Anybody any suggestions what  I should do to fix this error ?
>
> Kind regards,
> Joseph Kakisina
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Have you tried just inserting the disk and pressing "c"? That should 
work more reliably. You might also want to try a parameter RAM reset if 
some of your OF variables are screwy.
-Nathan