Bug#156710: BOOT error on new install to Mac Performa 6360 PowerPC
> (Read this reply from the bottom up.)
>From the bottom up...
> It often happens, after a failed boot, that OF is
> hopelessly hosed.
> Use reset-all to get a fresh copy.
>
reset-all command issued
> Here you had quik loaded! I think just changing your
> boot-file
> to Linux will let it boot. You can try just typing
> it in
> at the boot: prompt.
> For boot-file, just put the label you use in
> quik.conf, by
> default Linux.
entered Linux at the boot: prompt - same error CLAIM
failed
> You can get a MacOS on a floppy; but I think I read
> the patch
> utility doesn't run on your machine anyway.
>
> Yes, even from the installer, you can use nvsetenv.
> Without
> arguments it gives you printenv, otherwise it's just
> like
> open firmware setenv. So you could make a little
> shell script
> that you could proof then execute.
>
I ran the setenv commands from within the installation
program, right after the Make System bootable command.
on reboot, same error: CLAIM failed.
>
> The netbsd page claims that this is a symptom of the
> wrong
> load-base; I don't have any experience with that,
> but it
> might be worth a try.
>
[nv]setenv load-base 100000
was one of the settings I used. The value was from the
penguinPPC page for this machine. I have also tried
600000 as referenced on another page.
> I would have hoped that would work.
>
I hoped so too. When I saw the quik loading, I thought
I was all set. I did find another reference online
regarding two bootable partitions, and the author
actually edited the partition map to remove a flag.
His document refered to 'beav' as the editor, but all
I have from the boot floopy is nano-tiny, which
doesn't seem to work with his directions. I played
with the various partitions (hda2...hda7) as
ATA-Disk@0:# on the boot device, and got CLAIM Failed
for #'s 2 and 0, all others reported a non-bootable
partition. I'm wondering of the 'Make System Bootable'
step is adding a second boot flag as suggested by the
author. (The site is not responding as I write this
and my notes are at home... sorry I can't reference
this better...)
I'm thinking perhaps I should repartition the
entire hard disk as a single partition to see if that
resolves the error. Got any other suggestions...
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