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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Robert,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I tried it. But unfortunately it did not have any
effect. Fedora 16 is still hanging after 'returning from prom_init'. Thanks
anyway</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Kind regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ronald Maas</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=knight@princeton.edu href="mailto:knight@princeton.edu">Robert
Knight</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=rmaas@wiwo.nl
href="mailto:rmaas@wiwo.nl">Ronald Maas</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=ppc@lists.fedoraproject.org
href="mailto:ppc@lists.fedoraproject.org">ppc@lists.fedoraproject.org</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 19, 2012 2:56
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Powermac G5 freezes
immediately after booting Fedora-16-ppc64-DVD.iso or
Fedora-16-ppc64-netinst.iso</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On 3/3/2012 4:01 PM, Ronald Maas wrote:
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I tried to install Fedora 16 PPC64 on a
Powermac G5, but it freezes after displaying "returning from prom_init" when
booting from the installation DVD. Hope someone has some tips to work around
this issue.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Output:<BR>Welcome to the 64-bit Fedora 16
installer!<BR>Hit <TAB> for boot options.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.17 (Red Hat
1.3.17-2.fc16)<BR>Enter "help" to get some basic usage information<BR>boot:
linux</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Try:<BR><BR>boot: linux
video=ofonly<BR><BR>I have successfully done an F16 installation on a G5
multiple times, although never with that particular display
card.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>