On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 10:55:33PM +0100, Dave Turner wrote: > >This will be done for you by the installer, if you go through those steps > >when > >you start up. > > > >Configure keyboard > >activate swap > >mount root partition > >mount usr partition > >configure network > >-- at this point it will recognize that you already have a base > > installation and will move you to Make System Bootable from Hard disk. > > > >Go ahead and try the make System Bootable command, that should insure > >that /target/etc/yaboot.conf will be created. Then you can switch to > >console 2 and try the cp and mkofboot -v to see what messages it might > >give. > > the results of typing "mkoofboot -v" are:- > mkofboot: Creating HFS filesystem on /dev/hda2 > mkofboot: Installing first stage bootstrap /usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot > onto /dev/hda2 > mkofboot: Installing primary bootstrap /usr/lib/yaboot onto /dev/hda2 > mkofboot: Installing /etc/yaboot.conf onto /dev/hda2 > mkofboot: setting attributes on ofboot > mkofboot: setting attributes on yaboot.conf > mkofboot: Blessing /dev/hda2 with Holy Penguin Pee > mkofboot: updating OpenFirmware boot-device variable in nvram > mkofboot: Installation complete > > The files on /dev/hda2 are the same six as before, this time with the > date stamp of Aug 24 19:45, so we know they are new. > > The newly created yaboot.conf file is exactly the same as before. > > I allowed the system to reboot and got the usual blank screen. > And as usual I had to use the Mac OS CD to get the system up and running. > > I have the feeling that Debian is doing its' best to get itself up > and running but OpenFirmware won't let it. > > I never even knew Open Firmware existed before I started considering > Open Source software. > I have found two peculiarities about my system. > 1) the "dir" command won't work in my Open Firmware > 2) the "\" key won't work in my Open Firmware > (it is more precise to say it is "unavailable" - I tried many keys > and combinations to find out where it might be hidden) > > Apple TN2001 gives an example of :- > 0 > dir hd:\ > > And I can't even type it in! > dir on it's own throws an error. > dir hd: throws the same error. > > My Apple iMacOpen Firmware is 3.0.f2 built on 04/23/99 at 14:31:03 > > Any ideas on the best thing to do now? > > DT - half irritated and half refusing to be beaten!
Yes, it sure looks like the installer and you are doing everything right. I have no problem with a \ in OF. As a last-ditch effort, how about visiting apple.com and searching for Firmware Updater? There have been a few, some are really disk driver updaters, not OpenFirmware. But it's probably not too risky for you to try that in this situation; it won't hurt MacOS and Linux seems hopeless as is. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual> | | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | To Have, Give All to All (ACIM) | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
