Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem
hi all, I am trying to install Debian PPC distribution on a Beige G3 (oldworld mac) with 256MB RAM, 6GB IDE disk. I use the boot and root disks, finish the install by selecting "Boot from hard disk" the script says install Quik, then I execute the shell and issue the command nvsetenv boot-device `ofpath /dev/hda6` where 6 is the partition on the hard drive that has the root partition. Then I reboot the system and the system will not boot, all I get is a blinking floppy with a question mark on it. what am i doing wrong? Please help. thank you very much sridhar kodela _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem
From: Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: PowerPC Subject: Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 22:21:34 -0800 On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 08:02:52PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > and nvsetenv (without arguments). Also, you might try booting into Open > Firmware using the cmd-opt-o-f combination at boot. If you get an OF prompt, > you can then check the list of devices OF recognizes using > > dev / ls > > and check the list of valid aliases using > > devalias Dear Mr Tillman and Mr Benson, I am using the 2.2R3 cds. Here is the output of the dev /ls and devalias (not all of it).. dev / ls /[EMAIL PROTECTED] [grackle] /[EMAIL PROTECTED] [heathrow] /[EMAIL PROTECTED][heathrow-ata] /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 [atapi-disk] /[EMAIL PROTECTED][heathrow-ata] /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 [atapi-disk] the output of devalias is.. pci/[EMAIL PROTECTED] mac-io /pci/mac-io ide0 /pci/mac-io/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ide/pci/mac-io/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ata-int /pci/mac-io/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ide1 /pci/mac-io/[EMAIL PROTECTED] note that ofpath reads aliases, it prints the canonical path. > The idea is to see if ofpath is returning a valid hardware path for your > drive. You might also try typing in ofpath's result literally into > > nvsetenv boot-device path-ofpath-returns > > because some versions of ofpath on some machines were putting bogus > invisible characters into the path. btw, the path should end with :0 despite > the fact your root is on partition 6. yes and in fact that broken ofpath is what is in potato. the output of ofpath for /dev/hda6 is /pci/mac-io/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:6 now what do i need to give the arguments for the nvsetenv command? I am from a wintel world and if this seems to be elementary please excuse the newbie. Thank you gentlemen for your help, sincerely sridhar kodela -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ << attach3 >> _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem
From: "Chris Tillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sridhar Kodela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 20:43:08 -0700 > the output of ofpath for /dev/hda6 is > /pci/mac-io/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:6 > > now what do i need to give the arguments for the nvsetenv command? > Try nvsetenv /pci/mac-io/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0 when i tried this command it gave me variable not called error. I tried nvsetenv boot-device /pci/mac-io/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0 this did not give me the error but when I reboot I am getting can't open: /pci/mac-io/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0 error on a white screen (i am guessing the OF screen?) also do I need to setup another variable I found in some documentation on the web that says boot-file? thank you sridhar kodela [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you get a boot: prompt, try typing Linux in response. ** | .''`. | Debian GNU/Linux: <http://www.debian.org> | | : :' : | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | `. `'` | Chris Tillman | | `-| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem. Got around it,
I decided to try the Mac OS method. I partitioned the hard drive and put Mac OS 9 on a 1GB partition. The installed BootX, copied the kernel into system folder along with extensions and ramdisk. system boots fine and i am able to do the base install and rebooted back to BootX and can get into linux no problems (knock on wood). Chris and Ethan thanks for your support in my attempts to get the system going. sincerely sridhar kodela From: "Sridhar Kodela" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 15:06:05 -0500 From: "Chris Tillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sridhar Kodela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 20:43:08 -0700 > the output of ofpath for /dev/hda6 is > /pci/mac-io/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:6 > > now what do i need to give the arguments for the nvsetenv command? > Try nvsetenv /pci/mac-io/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0 when i tried this command it gave me variable not called error. I tried nvsetenv boot-device /pci/mac-io/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0 this did not give me the error but when I reboot I am getting can't open: /pci/mac-io/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0 error on a white screen (i am guessing the OF screen?) also do I need to setup another variable I found in some documentation on the web that says boot-file? thank you sridhar kodela [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you get a boot: prompt, try typing Linux in response. ** | .''`. | Debian GNU/Linux: <http://www.debian.org> | | : :' : | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | `. `'` | Chris Tillman | | `-| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
