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Re: Powerbook G4: Mac OS X does not boot again



Hi Clive
Thanks for answering so fast ..

On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Clive Menzies wrote:

> On (18/06/03 21:25), Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> > I'm running Debian 3.0 r1 on a Powerbook G4/867 MHz together with
> > Mac OS X on the same disk (which is /dev/hda)
> >
> > Mac OS X isn't booting anymore. It did several times successfully
> > the last days since I installed Debian on the machine some days ago.
> >
> > No problem to boot Debian.
> >
> > At the Boot Menu I type x (meaning that I want to boot
> > Mac OS X), the screen is turning to grey, the OS X wheel is starting to
> > turn, and after a minute or so, the wheel stops moving and I'm thrown to
> > a shell prompt, after a line saying:
> > "enableClockSpreading returned with 0"
> >
> > I changed yaboot.conf a bit, ran "ybin -v": Nothing.
> >
> > Mac OS X still doesn't boot.
> >
> You could try resetting PRAM; as you boot up, hold down Ctl-Alt-P-R ; it
> can often sort out a confused Mac ;)

I did that (i.e. <Apple-key>-<Alt>-<p>-<r>): No change ... I also pressed
the reset button (left of the power button): Nothing, too .. (except that
my clock was back to 1970 (?); I reset it with hwclock ... )

Thanks again

Regards
Wolfgang



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