yea, i forgot about that pram zapping. but it never worked for me at all. it's a better way though if it works :)
grts, sisi On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 05:02:38PM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote: > um, something that people informed me about when I hosed my system > was that you can boot the system holding down the cmd-opt-P-R keys, > and it will reset the nvram to the defaults so you can start all > over again trying to get it to boot with OF/quik. When this > actually works (sometimes it takes a couple of tries) my machine did > the chimes twice. my advice is after you reset the nvram, read the > man page for nvsetenv and for quik before doing anything precipitous > like changing your boot-device. it helps to find out for sure what > the disk device is to use. like, is your hard drive set to scsi id > 0 for sure, and like that. if you can get into the OF, check your > aliases to make sure that you have a scsi-int alias, and that it > points to the right scsi bus that your disk is on. My 8500 has two > scsi controllers, and they both have a connector on the motherboard, > but only one is attached to the external connector. > > a > > sisi wrote: > > > > hello, > > > > exactly the same thing happened to me, and if you know > > how to get into the OF then you can change the settings > > to boot from floppy, and then you don't need macOS. > > but i couldn't do it, i even tried the exact same stuff > > as you. since i couldn't see the OF (i even tried > > typing blind) and since i couldn't figure out how to > > put a another terminal on my machine so that i could see > > the OF, i ended up using another macOS disk that i had. > > (i had already repartitioned and formatted my original > > disk and i had no OS cds). but now i boot through macOS. > > here's what you could try: > > > > if you can get a copy of a macOS to install then you > > can try to clear the OF settings by taking the cmos > > battery out for few minutes. i had to take mine out > > for about 15 minutes i think. boot from macOS cd, > > install macOS on a smallish partition and then use > > bootX to do a dual boot. > > disclaimer: this worked for me but i am not very experienced, > > someone with experience will answer your question more > > knowledgably. :) > > > > you haven't fucked up your machine though. it's easy to > > take the battery out and clear the cmos and then you are > > just back at the beginning. > > > > good luck > > > > groetjes, > > sisi > > > > On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 09:59:21PM +0200, Sven Lankes wrote: > > > I got myself an old PPC8200/120 (same Specs as > > > the 7200) and was/am about to install debian > > > 2.2r3 on it. > > > > > > The mac-harddrive is empty. There is no macos > > > on it. > > > > > > As booting from CD did not work I used the hfs-bootdisk > > > together with the rootdisk from the ppc-debian-cd to > > > install debian. > > > > > > That part worked well, but when rebooting > > > the machine the blank (rom?) screen came up and > > > nothing happend. I was able to use the boot/root > > > disks again and install again with the same result. > > > > > > The rescue disk-image from the debian cd did > > > not work. > > > > > > I booted into the debian Install-Menu and changed > > > to a shell to do two things of which at > > > least one must have fucked my mac up. > > > > > > I tried a nvsetenv boot-device scsi-int/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0 > > > as suggested in some mail I found in an archive > > > plus I tried runnig quik manually. > > > > > > Both measures did not throw an error message > > > but I am now unable to see anything when booting > > > nothing happens. Neither does it try to boot from > > > disk nor displays anything on screen :-( > > > > > > -- > > > 'Whatever the sun may be, it is certainly not a ball > > > of flaming gas.' > > > - D. H. Lawrence, British Writer; 1855-1930 > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
