On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 12:20:46AM -0400, Mikhail Kruk wrote: > http://www.debian.org/releases/potato/powerpc/install.en.html#contents > > In particular: > http://www.debian.org/releases/potato/powerpc/ch-init-config.en.html#s7.17 > > It seems from reading this that the line > nvsetenv `ofpath /dev/sda2` > > does not apply to NewWorld PowerPC computers. I ssupect that this is not > the case and in fact it is required for mkofboot install too. wrong. this step only applies to quik, not newworlds. mkofboot takes care of setting boot-device correctly for newworld. > In any case it is misspelled. It should be > nvsetenv boot-device `ofpath /dev/sda2` fixed in CVS for monthes now. > Now I had the following problem: I did mkofboot (multiple times actually) > and it never worked. COmputer just wouldn't boot. you did it wrong most likely. > So I had to go to OepnFirmware (press Control+Apple+O+F during boot) and > type in boot hd:yaboot > Then I did > setenv boot-device hd:yaboot (in the open firmware) and now computer boots > just fine. this is wrong. please reread the documentation. the fact that your completely wrong OF settings work is a miricle. > So I don't know how much of this was my mistakes and how much was > inaccuracies in the docs, but at least nvsetenv line is incrrect, that's > for sure. you should not have run that command, thats why your machine did not boot. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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