Hi,
A few months ago, I tried to boot a beige G3 revII (OF 2.4) with quik,
failed to do so, and finally used BootX (see
http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2003/debian-powerpc-200307/msg00385.html)
While trying to boot NetBSD on the same machine, OF _accidentally_
dropped me into quik, and it appears that it finally works. My setup is
somewhat particular (I use a PCI video card and removed the built-in Zip
drive), but it may be useful for people disliking MacOS, so I post it
here:
load-base 600000 (hex)
real-base F00000
boot-device ide0/disk@0:0
boot-file ide0/disk@0:6/boot/vmlinux-2.4.23-pre7 root=/dev/hda6 \
video=radeon:1024x768@85
The output-device is different from the standard one, I didn't test with
the on-board video (neither with the Zip drive), as I'm still trying to
boot NetBSD :-)
However, I get a strange error at boot, telling me that there is a
'Syntax error or read error in /etc/quik.conf' -- that's why I have to
set boot-file -- but quik doesn't complain when I invoke it, and Linux
is still booting. I attach my quik.conf here, in case someone just sees
an error I can't see...
Last point : I didn't try to auto-boot, as I think this is potentially
harmful (endless loop, and I am just too lazy to re-apply the
System Disk patches after having to reset my PRAM), so I have to type '0
bootr' at the OF prompt ('boot' only gives me a CLAIM failed error). It
sometimes fails with a 'DEFAULT CATCH' ; in this case rebooting
(reset-all) solves the problem. There is some more info on this topic at
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/faq.html#ofw
and in their install manual)
It seems to work with and without the modified first.b : it doesn't
seem to make much difference on this machine.
Any suggestions on the correctness of the attached quik.conf are
welcome.
Thanks,
Simon
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