Setting OpenFirmware boot params on a 6500

2003-10-11 Thread Freek Dijkstra
4, but I read I have to change it to 10) 2) I can reformat the disk again using Apple's Drive Setup, put MacOS (with BootX) on one of the partitions, and then start the installation over using the other partitions. Any suggestions on which strategy to pick are welcome. (Or if you know another option, please let me know as well). Regards, Freek Dijkstra PS: this is a resent; I forgot to confirm my list subscription.

Setting OpenFirmware boot params on a 6500

2003-10-11 Thread Freek Dijkstra
4, but I read I have to change it to 10) 2) I can reformat the disk again using Apple's Drive Setup, put MacOS (with BootX) on one of the partitions, and then start the installation over using the other partitions. Any suggestions on which strategy to pick are welcome. (Or if you know another option, please let me know as well). Regards, Freek Dijkstra

Re: Setting OpenFirmware boot params on a 6500

2003-10-13 Thread Freek Dijkstra
Hi Chris, Thanks for the help! >> [...] >> This is possibly because BootX is on the system on the SCSI disk, and Linux >> is on the IDE disk, and none of the partitions of the IDE disk is mounted. >> Even not the HFS partition, presumably because it's not initialized. >> [...] > > BootX grabs th

Re: Second round of powerpc subarch investigation : boot-loaders.

2003-10-24 Thread Freek Dijkstra
ut I can read it with the BootVars program or nvsetenv). Regards, Freek Dijkstra

Re: Second round of powerpc subarch investigation : boot-loaders.

2003-10-24 Thread Freek Dijkstra
Hi Chris and Sven, >>> I recently noted a post stating that the bootloader development team did not >>> have access to an oldword powerpc. I have one of those, and can do some >>> testing this weekend, even if it renders my openfirmware settings obsolete. >>> [...] >> >> It maybe too early, we ha

INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes

2003-10-28 Thread Freek Dijkstra
Hi, I'm (re)installing Woody. The steps which involve creating a working root file system (using disks-powerpc/current/powermac/ramdisk.image.gz) work fine. Now, after I reboot I get this message: INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes I'm not entirely sure what it means, but a

Thanks for all the fish

2003-10-31 Thread Freek Dijkstra
Regards and thanks again for all the help. Freek Dijkstra