Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 11:06:27PM -0700, Jason E. Stewart wrote: > > "Ethan Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 08:03:31PM +0100, Arne Scheffler wrote: > > > > > > i made a little mistake in configuring the yaboot.conf. > > > > I forgot that i've got now a scsi disc, where linux > > > > exists on. so now i can't get into the openfirmware > > > > (with command-option-O-F) > > > > > ybin does nothing to OF that prevents `command option o f' from > > > getting you an OF prompt, in fact it can't do anything to prevent > > > this. you just need to hold these keys down while the machine boots, > > > since there is a very short window for which it will be noticed. > > > > It was interesting, but I had a similar problem. At some point, yaboot > > stopped listening to my keyboard on boot. Everything booted and worked > > fine, but then I built a new 2.4.x kernel to test a firewire HD on my > > pismo and I ran into trouble. > > > > The kernel wouldn't boot, and I couldn't type a different image name > > into yaboot. I tried command-option-O-F, and all I got was a black > > screen. Eventually I got into MacOS by holding down the option key and > > booting the visual bootloader, and choosing MacOS. > > > > Running the Apple 'System Disk' utility cleared up all the issues. I > > can now boot into OF, and yaboot accepts input.... > > sounds like nvram corruption, macos causes this.
This seems to be my problem, too. After I run System Disk in MacOS I was able to get the OF prompt. Then it was no problem to get the information I needed. Now I can Install MacOS 9.1 & MacOS X 1.0. Thanks for the help. arne
