Hi J.C.,
Thanks for the post...
if any, patches were stored in your NVRAM. The only way to get rid of
the patches is by doing a "Parameter RAM" (PRAM) reset via Opt-Cmd-P-R
on boot. Booting into MacOS is known to re-patch the firmware, but I'm
I did a PRAM reset, and indeed, the boot console looked different. It
was more like the blocky, low-res console that you see on i386 instead of
the hi-res one I saw before, so your procedure at least cleared out the
display size setting. However, booting and installing from the
4.4-RELEASE CD did not change anything. It still freezes part-way
through the install.
Needless to say, getting an operating system to play nice with firmware
that is in an unknown patch state is a major pain in the ass. The first
thing you should try is getting the OpenBSD 4.5-current ISO since your
issue may have been fixed since 4.4-Release was completed in Sep 08.
I also downloaded this and booted from it. Same problem-- this time it
froze while setting up the disk, so it seems like we're still in the same
boat. BTW, here's more information on the machine:
http://lowendmac.com/ppc/sawtooth-power-mac-g4-agp.html
Any other suggestions? Are there any boot-time options that I could
try?
Thanks again,
Dan
