On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 11:37:49AM -0800, PeHaSys@SoftHome.Net wrote: > > Hi, > > I am the "buddy", who is helping Dean. > > First of all, I need to say that some of the instructions are ... incorrect. > The manual > (http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch-init-config.en.html) > mentions > > nvsetenv `ofpath /dev/sda2` > > but that doesn't work: > 1) there is no path to nvsetenv > 2) ofpath is not found-able (find /|grep ofpath) > 3) missing "boot-device" in the command > 4) missing /dev/nvram your using obsolete boot floppies, you need boot-floppies 2.2.20, the documentation IS correct. (unless somebody really screwed something up in the last minute) > After reboot, the computer stays "dead" - monitor's LED goes green for few > seconds and then back to orange. Combinations like Alt-Cmd-P-R or > Alt-Cmd-O-F don't do anything. quik booting isn't gaurenteed to work reliably, sometimes it takes some work. > Could you, please, help? What did I do wrong? Is there any way to "reset" > CMOS (NVRAM or what is it called on Macs)? hold down command option p r while cold booting the machine, that will make it boot macos again. > Is there a way to boot from rescue.bin with parameters? I am unable to to > that as well (you know, from lilo prompt "linux root=/dev/sda3" that we can > do on i386). not that i know of. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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