Re: d-i fails on new PowerMac G5
On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 12:49 -0700, Mauro wrote:
> Just boot holding option key down and select linux partition to boot
> from with mouse.
> Mauro
>
>
That's what I said that doesn't work. It puts me back into the graphical
boot menu.
> On Tue, 2005-01-02 at 14:48 -0500, Pedro Sanchez wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 20:20 +0100, Moritz Armingeon wrote:
> > > Hello Pedro!
> > >
> > > On 13:58 Tue 01 Feb , Pedro Sanchez wrote:
> > > > Unfortunately, upon reboot the system goes right into OS X. I'm new to
> > > > yaboot, how do I get a boot menu?
> > > If yaboot is installed correct, try resetting the PRAM. Hold ALT+Apple-Key+P+R
> > > at boottime. I wasted hours until I figured that out...
> >
> > This doesn't work for me. If I keep these keys pressed the machine keeps
> > cycling fan-ON/Fan-off, but I get nothing in the monitor. As soon as I
> > release the keys, it boots OS X :(
> >
> > I found in
> > http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.powerpc/ch07s01.html#id2537092
> > that I can press the "options" key to get a graphical boot menu. I do
> > get it, and I see two icons, one for OS X and another for Linux. I click
> > on the second one (or use the tab key), and then click a right arrow
> > which I interpret as "continue."
> >
> > However, instead of booting Linux I get a text menu that says something
> > like
> >
> > Press I for GNU/Linux
> > x for OSX
> > c for CDROM
> >
> > Stage 1 boot:
> >
> > But the keyboard seems dead at this point. I tried "I", "i", "1", and
> > neither works. This text menu only lasts a few seconds and then it puts
> > me back into the graphical boot menu :|
> >
> > Just to test, if a select the first icon, OS X, and then click the right
> > arrow, I get a blank screen ... nothing else. I doesn't boot OS X.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Pedro
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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