On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, J. Javier Maestro wrote: > 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! > >
Thanks. It shut it down, actually. I'll try resetting the OF, and if that fals shut it down again and go to bed :) Ken -- Brighton tops UK Jedi league http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/35186.html
