debian cd booted on Sage imac
on 9/8/00 9:13 AM, Daniel Jacobowitz at dan@debian.org wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 11:16:51PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 11:57:11PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>>> On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 11:41:43PM -0400, Matthew Kurpiewski wrote:
>>>> Well, I have an update on the bootable cd problem. I'm fairly the
>>>> convinced
>>>> that the problem is related to some changes in the new mac (or at least new
>>>> imac, new as in the ones released in July) hardware or openfirmware. I
>>>> successfully booted the same cd that doesn't boot on my machine on a B&W G3
>>>> here in one of the labs. I also tried, as per Garry Roseman's suggestions,
>>>> burning another cd on a mac making sure the system folder was "blessed" (it
>>>> didn't really matter, as the original was "blessed" anyhow) and trying the
>>>> Toast CD Reader extension, to no avail. I really don't have the know how
>>>> to
>>>> hunt down and fix the problem, however, I'd be willing to use my machine
>>>> for
>>>> some testing if that helps get things fixed. I just need someone to point
>>>> me in the right direction.
>>>
>>> Oh, my. That's interesting. You might want to forward this to Ben H,
>>> since he's the only one who really understands the voodoo involved in
>>> yaboot.
>>
>> it could also be that the imac in question is not listed in ofboot's
>> <COMPATIBLE> tag. i added alot of new machines to ybin 0.21 ofboot.b.
>
> Good catch, Ethan. I would bet that's what it is. Matthew, when you
> get the machine booted, could you show us /proc/device-tree/compatible,
> please?
That did the trick. I finally got around to borrowing a friend's linux box
to make the necessary additions in the <COMPATIBLE> tag of ofboot.b and
create a new bootable image. As soon as I get it installed I'll send a copy
of /proc/device-tree/compatible. I might also add, these additions should
definitely be on the todo list for 2.2r1. Thanks again Ethan and Dan.
matt kurpiewski
<matthewk@pitt.edu>
>
> Dan
>
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