Re: Install problem, no boot after all

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

Hi Tamas

I don't have experience of doing this (I use yaboot on a G4 and a 
special kernel for the nubus mac because you can't use a boot floppy on 
this m/c either).  Those pages I referred to you may help.

Regards

Clive

On Sunday, April 6, 2003, at 10:44  am, Tamas Nagy wrote:

> Thanks, I was able to recover finally the MacOS...
>
> I repeated the install procedure again, to see what went wrong...
>
> It seems that the 'quik' bootloader doesn't work from Debian installer
> with PowerMac 4400/200. The other boot possibility would be a 'boot
> floppy' which after selection informs me that 'boot floppy' is not 
> valid
> option...
>
> Here is my question:
> If I can install (almost) fluently a Debian Linux on PowerMac 4400,
> including network configuration and http package downloading, wouldn't
> it be nice to be able to boot and use the installed system as well;)?
>
> Is there any way to boot the installed system from MacOS or from a
> custom made boot-floppy?
>
> Many thanks,
> Tamas
> PS: The MacOS version is 7.5.3.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bounce-debian-powerpc=nagytam=web.de@lists.debian.org
> > [mailto:bounce-debian-powerpc=nagytam=web.de@lists.debian.org]
> >  On Behalf Of Clive Menzies
> > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 12:48 PM
> > To: Tamas Nagy
> > Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: Install problem, no boot after all
> >
> >
> > Hi Tamas
> >
> > To recover control and boot into MacOS try resetting the PRAM:
> >
> > Put the MacOS CD in the drive turn the machine on and hold
> > down Apple +
> > Opt + P +R and when you hear three chimes release - it should
> > then boot
> > into MacOS.  I've not installed Woody on one of these Oldworld Macs
> > (other than NuBus which have their own quirks) but you could look at
> > the following for further information:
> >
> > http://penguinppc.org/projects/quik/quirks.shtml
> >
> > http://fungus.ucdavis.edu/~dylan/index.php
> >
> > http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/install
> >
> > Others on the list can probably give you more specific guidance.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Clive
> >
> >
> > On Sunday, April 6, 2003, at 07:53  am, Tamas Nagy wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Recently, I received a PowerMac 4400/200 as a gift. As
> > Debian offered
> > > a port for this, I gave it a try... Shortly the result was having a
> > > computer at the end, which cannot boot, nor even displays anything
> > > else just a blank screen.
> > >
> > > I have the MacOS install disk, the computer was working fine before
> > > the Debian installation trial, ...
> > >
> > > Here is what I've done:
> > > - Created 1.5 GB free disk space on the harddrive
> > > - Downloaded 3.0 floppy disks, and boot
> > > - Partition the free disk space, configure network, and let the
> > > installer fetch all the packages from the net
> > > - At the end, there was a question about ~"boot loader", which
> > > unfortunately I accepted and then reboot
> > >
> > > Since that I not even the MacOS boot loader works, or even
> > allows me
> > > to load any boot media (floppy, cd)...
> > >
> > > Once again, I know that this port is not 100% functional,
> > nor provides
> > > any guarantee. Any help would be really appreciated to recover the
> > > machine with or without MacOS...
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Tamas
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