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I need to put this on the wiki but the fact is Open Firmware is buggy and
inconsistent. There are some generalities, though. What version is being
used on these machines?

wxl
On Apr 10, 2013 3:25 PM, "Str8bs" <str8bslinux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Anyone have success on this hardware? I know the DD'd usb stick is good
> because I can boot it on a G3 iMac via Open Firmware using both the alias
> and full OF path. There must be something different in the G5 OF I'm
> missing.
>
> Alternatively, If I DD a testing ISO to an SATA hard drive using the same
> method for USB, I should be able to boot that via Firewire?
>
> This is a Raring daily I'm testing. Haven't gone back to earlier ISO's to
> see if they were any different. I do see an error when booting the G3 that
> I
> don't recall seeing before, but still boots and installs fine.  From
> memory,
> something like: "Wrong partition map. Apple_HFS should be
> ApplePartitionMap"
>
> Thanks,
> Str8
>
>
>
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