Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem
> hi all,
> I am trying to install Debian PPC distribution on a Beige G3 (oldworld
> mac) with 256MB RAM, 6GB IDE disk. I use the boot and root disks, finish
> the install by selecting "Boot from hard disk" the script says install
> Quik, then I execute the shell and issue the command
> nvsetenv boot-device `ofpath /dev/hda6` where 6 is the partition on the
> hard drive that has the root partition.
> Then I reboot the system and the system will not boot, all I get is a
> blinking floppy with a question mark on it.
>
> what am i doing wrong? Please help.
>
Is this install using the 2.2r3 CD-ROM? You might boot back into the install
system to check the output of
ofpath /dev/hda6
and nvsetenv (without arguments). Also, you might try booting into Open
Firmware using the cmd-opt-o-f combination at boot. If you get an OF prompt,
you can then check the list of devices OF recognizes using
dev / ls
and check the list of valid aliases using
devalias
The idea is to see if ofpath is returning a valid hardware path for your
drive. You might also try typing in ofpath's result literally into
nvsetenv boot-device path-ofpath-returns
because some versions of ofpath on some machines were putting bogus
invisible characters into the path. btw, the path should end with :0 despite
the fact your root is on partition 6.
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