[Bug 20004] Unable to boot iMac G5 rev B

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------- Additional Comments From ben.collins at ubuntu.com  2006-01-01 15:51 UTC -------
(In reply to comment #12)
> I'm back from holidays. I tested flight 2 before the holidays, but it do not
> boot currently. The cd may be damaged. I burned daily from 20050101. The cd boot
> with openFirmware, but yaboot launch instantly "install". Either on my iMac G3
> or G5. So i can't try your line.

When you boot it, start hitting the Tab key before it actually gets to yaboot to
see if you can stop the installer. I don't know why it is just doing install
instantly. That's part of your problem. You need the install-powerpc64 target,
and default is install-powerpc (G4).

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