On Sun, September 2, 2012 20:24, Andrew Fresh wrote: > I got a nice G5 from work and would like to run OpenBSD macppc on it. > > However, when I attempt to install I get to what is described as step 4 > for i386 and amd64 in the FAQ: > booting hd0a:/bsd 4464500+838332 [58+204240+181750]=0x56cfd0 > http://openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#Boot386
My uniprocessor G5 with 1.6GHz CPU and FX5200 stops on the same moment when booting from cd (4.5 and latest snapshot). > Except that line does not fully complete and the screen goes blank > white. I get the same results booting from CDs from 4.9, 5.1 and a > fairly recent snapshot. > > The Apple Service Diagnostic disk claims everything is in great shape. > > It is a Power Mac G5 Dual 1.8GHz with the NVIDIA GeForceFX 5200 Ultra > video card. I believe the original "Q37" but could be a June 2004 > model, no idea how to tell for sure. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Mac_G5 > > Any suggestions? Did I just get a bad one? > > If I had a dmesg to attach I wouldn't be asking this question. :-) > > l8rZ, > -- > andrew - http://afresh1.com > > Life's unfair - but root password helps!
