On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 10:26:07AM -0500, Allan Streib wrote: > Still trying to get woody to install on my PowerMac 6500. I got through > the install process to the point of "Make the system bootable" using quik > (I never got to choose this, BTW.) > > It cannot. In the console log (Opt-F3) I see > > dbootstrap[78]: ofpath: This machine is not supported: AAPL,e411MacRISC > dbootstrap[78]: Unable to get OpenFirmware device name > dbootstrap[78]: The requested operation cannot be perfomed because the OpenFirmware device name for the root disk could not be determined. > > So, can I manually configure another way to boot this machine? Other > suggestions? I don't know if there is a way to make your 6500 boot from HD, but booting from floppy works very well for me. If you still have MacOS installed you can use BootX. HTH, Vinai -- Secure eMail with gnupg: See http://www.gnupg.org/ Please avoid sending me Word, Excel or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
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