Re: Workaround for installing Debian onto PowerMacs (2020-02-02 image)

[John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>]

On 2/8/21 12:51 AM, Rick Thomas wrote:
> # ofpathname /dev/sda2
> /ht@0,f2000000/pci@5/k2-sata-root@c/@-1/@0:2
> 
> # nvram --print-config=boot-device
> /ht@0,f2000000/pci@5/k2-sata-root@c/@-1/@0:2,\grub
> 
> # grub-install --macppc-directory=/boot/grub
> Installing for powerpc-ieee1275 platform.
> Installation finished. No error reported.
> 
> # export boot_device=$(nvram --print-config=boot-device)
> 
> #nvsetenv boot-device ${boot_device%%\\\\BootX}\\grub

This command does nothing because the boot-device string already
ends in "grub" and not "BootX".

> # nvram --print-config=boot-device
> /ht@0,f2000000/pci@5/k2-sata-root@c/@-1/@0:2,\grub
> 
> Still, when I rebooted without the installer CD, I got the folder icon with blinking question mark.

Try:

# nvram --update-config boot-device='/ht@0,f2000000/pci@5/k2-sata-root@c/@-1/@0:2,\\:grub'

or:

# nvsetenv boot-device "/ht@0,f2000000/pci@5/k2-sata-root@c/@-1/@0:2,\\:grub"

Adrian

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