Re: Pushing up daisies...
In newsgate.debian.powerpc, Ethan Benson wrote:
> i hope your warrentee has not yet expired, because your bootrom has
> probably been destroyed. see the netbsd FAQ:
> http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/faq.html#ofw-bugs
Aye, that's what I'd read. Thus bringing the sudden, painful realisation to
my head.
> your only chance is to try and boot the backup rom, to do this
> shutdown, and boot while holding down the interupt switch, keep
> holding it down for a long time and if it works you should get a OF
> prompt where you can run set-defaults.
'kay... the interrupt switch - is this the thing defined as "reset button"
on Apple's website? The little button just above the power switch on the
iBook?
Are most Apple's supplied with backup ROMs?
> i would neglect to mention the details of the boot failure if you do
> need to send it in for warrentee repair. =20
Warranty's gone, which is a shame. It ended just before the hard disk died,
and I had to replace it.
I'll try this when I get home, thanks for the advice!
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