Re: booting 500 MHz G4 from cd?
On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 05:40:42AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> > > the kernel version. Is there a way to get more output on the screen to see
> > > whats is actually going wrong?
> >
> > it sounds like a very early failure, perhaps in yaboot, i don't think
> > there is anything you could do short of recompiling yaboot to get more
> > info.
>
> Try passing video=ofonly at the yaboot prompt. Does it help? There
> seem to be some problems with the aty128fb in that kernel.
Here is how I tried but failed:
I boot of the CD and get the following text on the scree:
Welcome to yaboot 0.6
Config file read 483 bytes
Debian GNU/Linux PowerPC (potato)
boot:
At the "boot:" prompt I type
video=ofonly
and get:
Loading kernel
Image not found... try again
boot:
Now I type <CR> at the promt and the boot starts. Some messages about
ramdisk loaded etc fly by, then the screen flashes quickly and turns black
after that. The computer stays active though, I can hear it spinning up
the CD.
So I think I am not typing enough at the "boot:" prompt; could you fill me
in with details? Maybe trivial, but I am not a great expert.
Cheers, Stefan
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