Re: g5 install problem

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com>]

> On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Ron Brooks <rbrooks56@gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> > Hi, I joined this group hoping for a solution so here's the  
> > problem. I
> > have a Powermac G5 1.6 single processor that I've tried many times to
> > install Debian. The install goes fine...but on reboot up comes the
> > black bootstrap screen which asks if I want to boot from the hd or  
> > cd.
> > I choose hd but it just loops until the fan goes crazy and I have to
> > power it down manually. I've tried the rescue option with no luck.  
> > One
> > thing I forgot...there is no MacosX installed just Debian.  Thanks.

Just checking, Ron -- You *did* install the powerpc64 version.  Right?

It wouldn't work on a G5 if you took the default (powerpc -- i.e. 32- 
bit for G4's and below).

Enjoy!

Rick