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    tygrechingu
    Posts: 21 from 2025/7/10
    From: Montréal, QC,...
    Hi all!

    After many more tests, I think that there's a problem either with the PCI bus or the Maxtor SATA hard disk...

    It's the only way to explain that:
    - I "setenv boot-command multi-boot"
    - I resetted the G5 and could see the MorphOS disk icon in the boot picker (but choosing it brought a "gray screen").
    Now I was sure that "boot-command" was doing something, though!

    - I "load hd:,\\boot.img" and saw the expected output ("... DO-QUIESCE finished.")
    - Then I "go" and MorphOS started.
    - I restarted the computer
    - I "boot hd:,\\boot.img" and, again, MorphOS started.
    Now I was sure that I had the correct "boot-command"!

    I "setenv boot-command boot hd:,\\boot.img" and restarted the G5 and got... a black screen!

    So the only explanation would be that pressing Option+Command+O+F and typing "bye" give time to the PCI bus or the hard disk or something to initialise???

    Guess this'll be the most secure computer at home: only I'll know how to boot it  ;-)
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