Re: is my ppc dead?

["Tarak Blah" <tblah@web.de>]

Hello,

   when the ppc doesnt restart and supposed you have an OpenFirmware
on it you need to find out how to reset the firmware to its default settings.
Supposed dead means that it does not even light up the screen. Ressetting
the OF is hard method to get it back to life, though. If you do that the nvsetenv
variables given to the OF by debian are deleted, being reset to factory default.

On my powerbook g3 wallstreet it's ctrl-function-shift-powerbutton. After
that you can either enter the OpenFirmware prompt or boot a disk.

When I run into this situation I use the boot-floppy-hfs.img. It loads the
root-floppy.img. Finally I mount my devices and make a chroot to the root
partition.

I just started to work on my old powerbook and this is based on the experiences
I have made. I do not know other mac's too well to say that this would be the
good and only way.

Hope that helps,

Tarak

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Von:      "David Campillos" <david@faqtoria.com>
Gesendet: 25.03.03 14:32:24
An:       "Tarak Blah" <tblah@web.de>
Betreff:  Re: is my ppc dead?

Hi to everybody!
 
I was changing quik.conf on my ppc 9600/350, adding:
 
image=/boot/kernel-2.4.18-powerpc
    label=linux
    read-only
 
I forgot (yes, I idiot) to run quik in the command line after that, rebooting the machine without the changes. But the ppc did not restart... I tried it with the rescue disk, with the same result. Is my ppc dead? what can i do?
 
Help, and thanks in advance
 
David Campillos

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