On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 01:37:40PM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > On Aug 21 2002, Vinai Kopp wrote: > > Sounds good. If I can't get it to work via a serial cable I'll try > > this option. > > I think that you should try Cmd-Opt-P-R before trying the > serial cable, since it's easier and doesn't involve hooking > the two computers... It may also be the case that booting with > a MacOS CD (press "c" when you hear the chime at boot) resets > the NVRAM. Ok, I ended up going the Cmd-Opt-P-R way, because somehow the serial cable (or the adapter) seems to be broke. I am reinstalling debian now. > Anyway, since I also have had these problems with the mac not > booting and me desperately trying to reset its parameters, I > learned to ignore quik for trying a new, untried kernel: I > always use a boot floppy for trying new kernels that I > compile, until I'm sure the new kernel satisfies me. Could you point me to a reference on how to create boot floppies on a mac? I'll follow the advice to first try new ppc kernels from a floppy. I still want to try to get X to work properly. Thanks for the infos! Greetings, -- Vinai Registered Linux User #280755, Debian GNU/Linux http://counter.li.org/ Secure eMail with gnupg http://www.gnupg.org/
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