From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 25 14:41:13 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D3BB106564A for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:41:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net (asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net [207.145.128.243]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CE018FC0C for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:41:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail4.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail4.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.48]) by asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1764A71A8B for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:41:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 6968 invoked from network); 25 Jul 2012 14:41:06 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 11583, pid: 27977, t: 0.1376s scanners: clamav: 0.88.2/m:52/d:10739 Received: from unknown (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail4.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 25 Jul 2012 14:41:06 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 616FE33C24; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:41:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Lowell Gilbert To: Andy References: Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:41:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Andy's message of "Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:45:50 -0600") Message-ID: <44obn33num.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:41:13 -0000 Andy writes: > I was trying to install the free bsd to my mac computer its an ibook > g3 with a 20gb hard dive i was using the powerpc version and it was > working fine then i got to the part were you have to set up the hard > drive i got some kind of err so i turned off my computer when i turned > it back on it only boots to a white screen idk what to do please help Are you booting from a CD for the install? Does anything at all show up on the screen?