Re: booting from openfirmware
On Mon, Feb 7, 2000, Logan Hall <Logan.Hall@asu.edu> wrote:
>I have run quik on my Linux partition and using some examples i found in the
>FAQ-O-MATIC i set my boot variables (i don't have them infront of me but this
>is as close as i can remember):
>
>boot-device /pci@80000000/Apple83C875Card@d/sd@0:0
>boot-file /boot/vmlinux-2.2.14 video=atyfb:vmode:15,cmode:16,mclk:71
>
>This gives me the claim failed error. Have i done this correctly and just
>need to apply the patches that come with the SystemDisk app? or have i done
>something wrong?
>
>I will down load the SystemDisk app.. it is the one in the
>ftp.apple.com/developer/macosxserver/utilites/ dir right?
The Apple 875 card doesn't have OF drivers in it by default. But I
remember seeing an Apple-made flasher that adds those. I think it's
included in the MacOS X Server installer.
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