You may remember that the debian end of things was looking OK and so
the lack of a "\" key in Open Firmware was thought to be a symptom
that may lead to the cause of the boot failure.
Well I put a request for help with Open Firmware on the Apple
discussion board but nothing of any use came back.
So, my experiment with Linux is over until I rekindle enough
enthusiasm to hunt down the cause of the problem again.
I had some helpful advice and there is now a nice trail of posts for
anyone with similar booting problems to follow.
DT
