Re: Installing on a beige G3
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 04:24:03PM -0800, Matthew Richardson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to get Debian 3.0r1 running as the only OS on a beige G3. So
> far, I've gotten through the install process and rebooted....and
> nothing. On the first reboot, I get an Open Firmware-type screen with
> the message "Can't open device". Subsequent reboots get the dread
> floppy-with-question-mark on the screen. I'm pretty sure that it is a
> problem with Open Firmware and Quik, but not sure how to solve it. I
> tried the OF patch in the System Disk download to no avail. Also, I
> found the Quik patch quik-first.b-g3, but am not sure how to apply that
> patch. If anyone can help a newbie, I'd appreciate it.
That isn't a patch, it's a substitute. After booting back into the
installer, copy that file to your /target/boot folder, and rename it
first.b to supercede the first.b that's there. Then, in console 2, run
chroot /target /bin/bash
mount -t proc proc /proc
quik -v
exit
and then reboot to see if you get better results. You might want
to run nvsetenv while you're in there to see what your nvram setup
looks like.
--
"The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what
we should do with software engineers. They put the designer
under the bridge, and then they marched over it."
-- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003
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