Re: iBook stuck in yaboot
On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, J. Javier Maestro wrote:
> 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!
>
>
Thanks. It shut it down, actually. I'll try resetting the OF, and if
that fals shut it down again and go to bed :)
Ken
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