On 25/08/15(Tue) 20:11, Romain FABBRI wrote: > Why don't you make an usb "install" key ? > And you should use 5.7 or 5.8 (almost 5.8 by using snapshot) > > For an usb installation, I think this method still works : > http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20140225072408
No it wont. For G5s you need to copy ofwboot and bsd.rd at the root of a FAT partition on your USB key, enter the OpenFirmware prompt and type: boot usb:,ofwboot bsd.rd > Maybe your disk is dying.... I doubt so, it's just an interrupt problem the hpb(4) driver introduced recently is needed on such machines.

