Powermac G5 freezes immediately after booting Fedora-16-ppc64-DVD.iso or Fedora-16-ppc64-netinst.iso

[Ronald Maas]

Robert,

I tried it. But unfortunately it did not have any effect. Fedora 16 is still hanging after 'returning from prom_init'. Thanks anyway

Kind regards,
Ronald Maas


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Knight 
  To: Ronald Maas 
  Cc: ppc at lists.fedoraproject.org 
  Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 2:56 AM
  Subject: Re: Powermac G5 freezes immediately after booting Fedora-16-ppc64-DVD.iso or Fedora-16-ppc64-netinst.iso


  On 3/3/2012 4:01 PM, Ronald Maas wrote: 
    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.

    Output:
    Welcome to the 64-bit Fedora 16 installer!
    Hit <TAB> for boot options.
    Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.17 (Red Hat 1.3.17-2.fc16)
    Enter "help" to get some basic usage information
    boot: linux

  Try:

  boot: linux video=ofonly

  I have successfully done an F16 installation on a G5 multiple times, although never with that particular display card.
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