On Feb Tue 17 2004 00:06, Ken Moffat wrote: > Not exactly a debian question, but you guys seem to know about these > beasties. I've just got a fresh installation of yaboot (1.3.11) > installed on my iBook2. Worked fine, except that it went straight > through to the second stage (select which kernel), and I wanted the > option for os9 and cdrom. Added what looked like the magic imprecations > from the old yaboot.conf, and it gives me the choice of > linux/macos/cdrom. Unfortunately, I can't get it to respond to any of > the keys to select the options, and it looks like it has locked up (i.e. > it doesn't fall through into booting linux after 10 seconds). Guess I > should have read the docs. I've got a rescue CD ready, but I can't open > the CD drawer or reboot. Specifically, alt+apple+on/off does nothing. > > How can I make it reboot, please ?
Usually laptops allow for a "hard" shutdown when pressing the power button for a long (that is, about 5-10 secs) period of time. It is like unplugin the laptop and removing the battery but without the hassle :) I hope that helped to reboot it! -- J. Javier Maestro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://rigel.homelinux.com
