simon raven wrote: > hi, > Hi!
> been having a problem booting last few days. what used to work was > booting via quik, but now all i get in OF "cannot OPEN > /bandit/gc/mesh/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0" X being anything from 0 to 5 (the SCSI > ID is 0). > > last time it booted successfully was 3 days ago, just the usual stuff, > "boot Linux" in OF (i have "auto-boot? false") and blam boots into > linux. but now, nothing happens, and it complains it cannot OPEN it. > Whats the correct message? Maybe quik.conf was corrupted. > last thing i know what happened was the machine froze as i was doing a > db4.2_stat -h-- (mistyped a -h or something) on some bdb files. i hit > the 3-finger salute (ctrl-cmd-power), it showed me the OF prompt, then > couldn't OPEN anymore. > > the drive itself is fine, i can put it on the external bus (53c94) and > it boots fine, but not the internal one (MESH). > > the machine is an 8500, with a newertech g3/336 (reported as 300) > upgrade daughtercard, and an adaptec uw scsi card, and ati lt pro video. > i wish these had 6 pci slots =). > First look at your /etc/quik.conf if all is like it should be. Then reinstall the boot stuff on your drive. You can use quikconfig or look man quik. Hope this helps. Bye Chris.
