On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 06:26:37AM -0800, Steven Schlansker wrote: > I thought it was actually referring to that all of the output would go > to ttya, not just open firmware! And thanks for the info on nvsetenv, > that's what I needed. My boot device is currently set to > /bandit/ohare/ATA/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0 > > > I set input and output-device to ttya and rebooted, now it does > nothing. I can only assume that it's sitting at OF and giving me a > CLAIM failed message. > > Uh oh... it won't accept the floppy as a boot disk anymore... I had > this problem before where I had to type "bye" at the OF prompt to get > it to boot from the floppy. I now have a computer which won't boot. > How can i change the ttya to kbd and screen? I can't zap the prom, > ttya is the default. Can't boot into MacOS, I partitioned the disk...
If you go ahead and use Cmd-Opt-P-R to reset the pram, it will change the boot default to MacOS and set auto-boot? to true. That should let it boot from the rescue floppy, which is quasi-MacOS-based. Then nvsetenv to check the auto-boot? setting, make sure it is still true (so it won't stop at OF), reset your boot-device, set boot-file to Linux (this refers to the image name in your quik.conf), and hopefully it will go! -- "The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what we should do with software engineers. They put the designer under the bridge, and then they marched over it." -- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003
