On Sun, September 2, 2012 22:44, Kirill Bychkov wrote: > 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
Go to OpenFirmware and then try "dev /cpus" and "ls". I will show you info about CPU. >> >> 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! > I had a look at http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/macppc/macppc/cpu.c?rev=1.67 and see only 970FX processors mentioned. As I understand 970 != 970FX. My G5 have 970, as OpenFirmware shows. M.B. problem is hiding in it?
