Trying to install FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 on a PowerMac G5

[Super Bisquit]

Try using the PPC 64 snapshot that Nathan has set up.
http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/FreeBSD-9.0-20101118-SNAP-powerpc64/

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen <
torfinn.ingolfsen at broadpark.no> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install FreeBSD 8.2-RC1 on a PowerMac G5[1].
> The machine boots from the CD (disc1 image) when I press "C" on the
> keyboard, but after booting,
> when it shows the "Country Selection" dialog, the keyboard no longer works.
> How do I fix / workaround this problem?
>
> FWIW, i also tried with FreeBSD 8.1-release (both on CD and from a usb
> memory stick), the CD hung,
> the memory stick has the same problem as 8.2-RC1; the keyboard is not
> working when the "Country Selection"
> dialog shows up. Full details on the FreeBSD page[2] for this machine.
>
> References:
> 1) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powermac_g5
> 2) http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/powermac_g5_freebsd
> --
> Torfinn
>
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