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Re: Problems booting into Debian installer on PowerMac G5



Noah Slater wrote:
> I was pointed to rc5 and this worked fine when booted from cd. To get
> it to work though I had to select "install-power4 video=ofonly" on the
> first yaboot (?) screen.

> At this point, the same flashing question mark/folder icon came up.
> Nothing happened for a minute or so and then the screen reset it's
> self - presenting me with the same initial option.

Seems likely to be one of two problems, either you need to pass the
video=ofonly when booting the installed system (sorry, I don't know
how), or the installer did not install the correct kernel (the power4
one) for your system.

-- 
see shy jo

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