Blank Screen When Kernel Starts

duvalgo · n00b Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 8

Hello,

I was trying to bood from the ppc minimal install disk, but when I thy to start the kernel, the screen goes black and nothing happens (even after extended periods of time). Anybody know what the problem is? I have a G4 iMac. Thanks.

duvalgo · n00b Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 8

I tried the disk on my friends iBook G4 and it booted fine. I really don't know what the problem is.

JoseJX · Retired Dev Joined: 28 Apr 2002 Posts: 2774

You can try to force it to OpenFirmware video instead by passing video=ofonly to your kernel on boot. It may be that the video driver isn't working correctly.
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