Cannot boot installer on PowerMac G5

Cedar Maxwell <[email protected]> Sat, 26 Jul 2025 21:48:32 -0500

Newsgroups	gmane.os.freebsd.devel.ppc
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

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Hello,

When attempting to boot the installer I downloaded  
([https://download.freebsd.org/releases/powerpc/powerpc64/ISO-IMAGES/14.3/FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64-disc1.iso](https://download.freebsd.org/releases/powerpc/powerpc64/ISO-IMAGES/14.3/FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64-disc1.iso))  
the disc is detected in the Option boot menu, but once selected  
graphical issues appear (increased black outlines on the cursor and  
buttons) and the machine hangs at a white screen until returning to the  
Option menu.

I tried this ISO  
[https://download.freebsd.org/releases/powerpc/powerpc64le/ISO-IMAGES/14.3/FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64le-bootonly.iso](https://download.freebsd.org/releases/powerpc/powerpc64le/ISO-IMAGES/14.3/FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64le-bootonly.iso)  
but the same behavior was exhibited.  I also tried making a bootable  
USB installer with sudo dd bs=4M if=FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-powerpc-  
powerpc64-disc1.iso of=/dev/sdd status=progress , but no change.

Please advise.

Thanks,  
Cedar Maxwell