Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:57:24 -0500 From: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to install FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 on a PowerMac G5 Message-ID: <AANLkTi=6ma_3o9wvoOH92LPk7j1FUa7y=KpsmtAymmGg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110113220450.57d09983.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20110113220450.57d09983.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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Try using the PPC 64 snapshot that Nathan has set up. http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/FreeBSD-9.0-20101118-SNAP-powerpc64/ On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen < torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to install FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 on a PowerMac G5[1]. > The machine boots from the CD (disc1 image) when I press "C" on the > keyboard, but after booting, > when it shows the "Country Selection" dialog, the keyboard no longer works. > How do I fix / workaround this problem? > > FWIW, i also tried with FreeBSD 8.1-release (both on CD and from a usb > memory stick), the CD hung, > the memory stick has the same problem as 8.2-RC1; the keyboard is not > working when the "Country Selection" > dialog shows up. Full details on the FreeBSD page[2] for this machine. > > References: > 1) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powermac_g5 > 2) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powermac_g5_freebsd > -- > Torfinn > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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