Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 13:29:16 +0300 From: Jeff Tipton <jeff.t@mail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mac powerpc ibook g3 blank screen on start up Message-ID: <5027857C.2050500@mail.com> In-Reply-To: <CACdFpynHn33_WVD0J=ubp8Z3-DgX1u=s6h9ME33zfSmckKiCug@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACdFpymesS0fRnNdoyLOHik7Su_a5dtCsOxzCetnLZ_RgL6_9g@mail.gmail.com> <50234C4C.7040809@mail.com> <20120809055018.GG25781@kontrol.kode5.net> <CACdFpynHn33_WVD0J=ubp8Z3-DgX1u=s6h9ME33zfSmckKiCug@mail.gmail.com>
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On 08/12/2012 07:00, Andy Recker wrote: > thanks for the help but there is no CD icon there is no anything to click > on my computer is very unresponsive let e know if u have any other ideas? > > On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 12:50 AM, Jamie Paul Griffin<jamie@kode5.net> wrote: > >> == Jeff Tipton wrote on Thu 9.Aug'12 at 8:36:12 +0300 == >> >>> On 08/09/2012 06:22, Andy Recker wrote: >>>> i installed the power PC version of free BSD and put it on my mac i >> book g3 >>>> i was in the insulation process when i couldn't get it to work because >> of a >>>> few errors and i decided to turn it off and restart when i turned it >> back >>>> on it only booted to a blank white screen it has nothing on it and >> nothing >>>> is responsive i have tried to reboot the same CD i had the first thing >> and >>>> still just a blank screen what can i do to get BSD to work on my >> computer? >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> When you are trying to reboot into the installation CD, are you sure >>> you have the right boot sequence selected (CD, not HDD)? I guess on >>> your mac it might mean restarting, holding down the option key, >>> choosing the CD icon and the arrow on the right side. >>> >>> -Jeff >> Yes, it's either the 'option' key or the 'C' key; can' recall which. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Try to understand what's going on. You were installing FreeBSD on your harddisk, interrupted the process somewhere in the middle because you had errors, restarted and booted from that harddisk (right?) with half-installed operating system, and now you have a blank screen, which is no wonder. If your hardware isn't damaged per se (hopefully), then you may try once more to boot from the FreeBSD installation CD instead of harddisk, and you need to find a way how to do that. Of cource, your blank screen doesn't have any icons to click or command line prompts. The boot choice should be done at the first moments of your computer startup. If the boot menu is gone, you may still try to enter Open Firmware and type your boot command from there (see, for example, http://mac.linux.be/content/booting-open-firmware).
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