FreeBSD-10.1-powerpc*.iso writing issues [solved]

[Kalyx]

another G5 bites the dust ;_;

> On May 11, 2015, at 2:22 AM, Benjamin Brink via freebsd-ppc <freebsd-ppc at freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> Nevermind.
> 
> Issue is a failing power supply's power capacity.
> 
> Writes fine on a different g5.. am going through install process now..
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> On 5/10/15 3:49 PM, Benjamin Brink via freebsd-ppc wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Anyone have issues with burning the 10.1 powerpc CD releases? Or maybe
>> is there another boot sequence to use? This is for a mac G5
>> 
>> I verified the md5 for each iso, and can mount each iso by double
>> clicking on its icon.
>> 
>> I've used 2 optic drives and 11 CDRs trying various burn methods: disk
>> utility, hdiutil, dd, creating a dmg from iso first etc
>> and both iso's powerpc and powerpc64
>> 
>> Each time the burn seems too fast even though I chose the slowest 4x
>> (and 16x) and the result is 0 files, the write is usually verified
>> (unless I tried something crazy).
>> 
>> Usually the write session would close almost as soon as it opened.
>> 
>> The CD is usually bootable; but loader can't find kernel.
>> 
>> In each case, disk utility reports CD has a capacity of 3.2MB and 647Mb
>> used (700MB physical capacity) --slightly different numbers for powerpc
>> 
>> Booting CD gives a "kernel not found" error.
>> 
>> OK ls /
>> /
>>   10_1_RELEASE_POWERPC64_CD
>>  10_1_RELEASE_POWERPC64_CD
>> 
>>   10_1_RELEASE_POWERPC64_CD
>>  10_1_RELEASE_POWERPC64_CD
>> 
>>   10_1_RELEASE_POWERPC64_CD
>>  10_1_RELEASE_POWERPC64_CD
>> 
>> OK _
>> 
>> boot cd:,\boot\loader cd:0
>> returns with something about ootoader not found
>> 
>> boot cd:,/boot/loader cd:0
>> can't find ..
>> 
>> boot cd:,/boot/loader cd:3
>> can't find ..
>> 
>> ls /boot
>> no such file or directory
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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