On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 07:45:13PM -0700, Angus Duggan wrote: > A final comment about the install process: it would have been much easier if > the Debian on PowerPC installation Manual had mentioned "nvsetenv" somewhere. > I wasted a lot of time rebooting and trying to type blind at prompts because > OpenFirmware input and output was connected to the serial port. This > installation was a complete replacement for MacOS, by the time I found out I > needed to change the OpenFirmware settings it was too late to run bootvars. > The 2.2 installation kernel was booting however, I could have used nvsetenv > much earlier to reset the output and input device.
We stayed away from nvsetenv because we couldn't attempt to cover all the ways it could be used. But I agree, a mention would be useful; I added one in CVS. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net
