Re: My Debian Woody installation won't boot
On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 10:55:33PM +0100, Dave Turner wrote:
> >This will be done for you by the installer, if you go through those steps
> >when
> >you start up.
> >
> >Configure keyboard
> >activate swap
> >mount root partition
> >mount usr partition
> >configure network
> >-- at this point it will recognize that you already have a base
> > installation and will move you to Make System Bootable from Hard disk.
> >
> >Go ahead and try the make System Bootable command, that should insure
> >that /target/etc/yaboot.conf will be created. Then you can switch to
> >console 2 and try the cp and mkofboot -v to see what messages it might
> >give.
>
> the results of typing "mkoofboot -v" are:-
> mkofboot: Creating HFS filesystem on /dev/hda2
> mkofboot: Installing first stage bootstrap /usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
> onto /dev/hda2
> mkofboot: Installing primary bootstrap /usr/lib/yaboot onto /dev/hda2
> mkofboot: Installing /etc/yaboot.conf onto /dev/hda2
> mkofboot: setting attributes on ofboot
> mkofboot: setting attributes on yaboot.conf
> mkofboot: Blessing /dev/hda2 with Holy Penguin Pee
> mkofboot: updating OpenFirmware boot-device variable in nvram
> mkofboot: Installation complete
>
> The files on /dev/hda2 are the same six as before, this time with the
> date stamp of Aug 24 19:45, so we know they are new.
>
> The newly created yaboot.conf file is exactly the same as before.
>
> I allowed the system to reboot and got the usual blank screen.
> And as usual I had to use the Mac OS CD to get the system up and running.
>
> I have the feeling that Debian is doing its' best to get itself up
> and running but OpenFirmware won't let it.
>
> I never even knew Open Firmware existed before I started considering
> Open Source software.
> I have found two peculiarities about my system.
> 1) the "dir" command won't work in my Open Firmware
> 2) the "\" key won't work in my Open Firmware
> (it is more precise to say it is "unavailable" - I tried many keys
> and combinations to find out where it might be hidden)
>
> Apple TN2001 gives an example of :-
> 0 > dir hd:\
>
> And I can't even type it in!
> dir on it's own throws an error.
> dir hd: throws the same error.
>
> My Apple iMacOpen Firmware is 3.0.f2 built on 04/23/99 at 14:31:03
>
> Any ideas on the best thing to do now?
>
> DT - half irritated and half refusing to be beaten!
Yes, it sure looks like the installer and you are doing everything right.
I have no problem with a \ in OF.
As a last-ditch effort, how about visiting apple.com and searching for
Firmware Updater? There have been a few, some are really disk driver
updaters, not OpenFirmware. But it's probably not too risky for you to
try that in this situation; it won't hurt MacOS and Linux seems hopeless
as is.
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