Re: problem booting hard disk after floppy/NFS install on a 7200/90
I tryed this before your mail as the ultimate solution, and now it's OK.
Thank you for yuor help,
Landry.
Philipp Kaeser wrote:
>
> [landry's request didn't go to the list, so if anyone
> else has a good clue what to do with that troublesome
> Mac, please let him know [and not *me*, thnx :) ]
>
> > Thanks for the info.
> > After many tests with the tricky OF, I think I had lost the mac, no
> > prompt and no boot at all, the screen goes off 5s after the power up).
> > Any idea (the "command option p r" has no effects this time).
> >
> > Landry.
>
> hm; in some documentation is stated that you can take out
> the battery on your Mac's mainboard, then disconnect it
> from the power jack and let the NVRAM evaporate (I'm told
> it takes a couple of minutes). then, plug the battery and
> power back in, and it should reboot again, using standard
> settings.
>
> however, you probably need to get your openfirmware
> output somewhere, so if you've got a serial terminal
> (eg. a PC?), try connect it to the Mac serial output,
> set the output variable as it's given in the docu and
> try again :)
>
> good luck, bye
> Philipp Kaeser
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