On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 03:34:38PM +0200, Damien GUIHAL wrote: > hi all, > > I have a problem and I'd like to know if anyone has experienced it : > > I'm now using a G4-400 black&white. On it I've 2 IDE disks : > > - On the first disk there is MacOSXServer and it is partionned as follows : [snip] > > -On the second disk there is Debian PPC with the bootstrap partion : > > /dev/hdb1 Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k) Partition map > /dev/hdb2 Apple_Driver43 Macintosh 54 @ 64 ( 27.0k) Driver 4.3 > /dev/hdb3 Apple_Driver43 Macintosh 74 @ 118 ( 37.0k) Driver 4.3 > /dev/hdb4 Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh 54 @ 192 ( 27.0k) Unknown > /dev/hdb5 Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh 74 @ 246 ( 37.0k) Unknown > /dev/hdb6 Apple_Bootstrap Apple_Bootstrap 1600 @ 320 (800.0k) Unknown > /dev/hdb7 Swap Swap1 262144 @ 1920 (128.0M) Unknown > /dev/hdb8 Swap Swap2 260544 @ 264064 (127.2M) Unknown just a note on these swaps, the 2.2 kernels no longer have a limitation on 128MB swap partitions, so there is no need to have two 128 swaps instead one 256MB. also swap partitions are supposed to be type Apple_UNIX_SVR2 name: swap, but this only matters to debian's dbootstrap which will refuse to see your swap partitions, after that point it doesn't really matter. > /dev/hdb9 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 /home 4194304 @ 524608 ( 2.0G) Linux native > /dev/hdb10 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 /var 1433600 @ 4718912 (700.0M) Linux native > /dev/hdb11 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 / 6503936 @ 6152512 ( 3.1G) Linux native > > Here is my problem : When the G4 is launch the screen is at 640*480 as stays on it until the linux kernel boots (and then it switch to 1024*768 : I've a 17" monitor). But the point is when I launch MacOSXServer it keeps the 640*480, and i need to login, change the resolution, logout nd relogin to be back in 1024*768. SoI'd like to know if there is a workaround in yaboot/ybin to be able to boot at 1024*768 (or another solution). Here is my yaboot.conf (minus the commented line, the post is long enough :-)) : yaboot or the ybin ofboot script does anything to the screen resolution, i don't know if there is any such Forth method to do so. MacOS 9 is able to set something in the nvram which causes the resolution to be remembered and OF then boots into that resolution immediately. apparently OSX server does not know how to set this, and AFAIK it cannot be set from linux userland either. (and the kernel obviously never touches nvram). unfortunatly the only thing i can suggest you do is attach a disk containing MacOS 9, boot it, set the resolution to what you want, then remove the MacOS disk and don't reset your nvram. unless BenH knows how to set the resolution stored in nvram or someone knows a Forth method to set it i don't think there is anything that can be done. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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