Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem

2001-10-03 Thread Chris Tillman
Here's a little more OF black magic from NetBSD. They say to determine if a device may be bootable, at the OF prompt type O > dev /path/to/device O > words If one of the words in the resulting list is 'open', it might be bootable. So see what it says for the path you tried, and maybe for some of

Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem. Got around it,

2001-10-02 Thread Sridhar Kodela
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 b

Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem

2001-10-02 Thread Sridhar Kodela
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

Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem

2001-10-01 Thread Chris Tillman
> 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 If you get a boot: prompt, try typing Linux in response. *---

Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem

2001-10-01 Thread Sridhar Kodela
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 > Fir

Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem

2001-10-01 Thread Ethan Benson
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 > >

Re: Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem

2001-09-30 Thread Chris Tillman
> 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 > nvset

Help:-- Beige G3 boot problem

2001-09-30 Thread Sridhar Kodela
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-