Re: iBook stuck in yaboot
On Feb Tue 17 2004 00:06, Ken Moffat wrote:
> Not exactly a debian question, but you guys seem to know about these
> beasties. I've just got a fresh installation of yaboot (1.3.11)
> installed on my iBook2. Worked fine, except that it went straight
> through to the second stage (select which kernel), and I wanted the
> option for os9 and cdrom. Added what looked like the magic imprecations
> from the old yaboot.conf, and it gives me the choice of
> linux/macos/cdrom. Unfortunately, I can't get it to respond to any of
> the keys to select the options, and it looks like it has locked up (i.e.
> it doesn't fall through into booting linux after 10 seconds). Guess I
> should have read the docs. I've got a rescue CD ready, but I can't open
> the CD drawer or reboot. Specifically, alt+apple+on/off does nothing.
>
> How can I make it reboot, please ?
Usually laptops allow for a "hard" shutdown when pressing the power
button for a long (that is, about 5-10 secs) period of time. It is like
unplugin the laptop and removing the battery but without the hassle :)
I hope that helped to reboot it!
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J. Javier Maestro
<jjmaestro@computer.org>
http://rigel.homelinux.com
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