> Sorry for the late reply. I forgot what the error message was and had
> to wait on someone to message it to me. (This machine is at my
> ex-college).
>
> The hard disk has Linux (Debian) only on it.
> Yes, the SILO bootloader was installed correctly; at least it did not
> show any error messages.
>
> When I start the machine, I get the OpenBoot prompt. The error shown
> is as such:
> "Boot device: disk File and args:
> The file just loaded does not appear to be executable"
> Even if I manually type the boot command, it shows the same error.
>
> I do not know if it is fit into slot 0. I will have to check. (I will
> check it when I go there this Saturday).
>
> Yes, I can boot the Debian Squeeze CD by typing "boot cdrom" from the
> OpenBoot prompt. Then, when I enter rescue mode, I can execute a root
> shell on the hard disk which has the Squeeze '/' filesystem. From
> there, I can see that everything seems to be have been installed
> correctly.
>
> One more thing I forgot to mention is that I used the netinst CD. It
> needed a non-free driver for the ethernet card. So, I downloaded the
> non-free kernel drivers' package, put it on a flash drive and tried to
> install it during the installation process. But, for some reason, it
> would not mount the flash drive. If this netinst (without internet
> access) may have been the problem, I will download the installer DVD
> and try the install again.
>
> Hope this helps to pin-point the problem.