[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux on iMac G3 PowerPC 333Mhz Rev D.

[Paul Ingendorf]

Instead of using mac-boot try just boot.  The other thing is make sure the
cdrom you are using is not set to cable select or slave.  If I remember
right you are showing it is the primary device on the secondary ide
interface.  Seems odd but I remember hearing that this can be a problem with
some of the earlier iMacs.  Also I wouldn't say the mac is dead if you can
get to the openfirmware there is still a good possibility the rest of the
hardware is working even if it is giving you headaches right now.

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From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org]On
Behalf Of David Simmons
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 1:08 AM
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Subject: RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] Linux on iMac G3 PowerPC 333Mhz Rev D.

Rick,
> I'll send some suggestions off-line...

still hoping to get these...grin
Through the OpenFirmware...I've been aboe to get something like the DMSG
display.  When I ran 'printenv' it showed that 'boot-device' and 'boot-file'
were both empty.....I went here because the command "boot cd,/boot/yaboot"
came back with error:

can't OPEN:   cd

when I run a 'devalias', I can see that :

cd		/pci/mac-io/ide at 21000/disk at 0

So I tried:

setenv	boot-device		cd
setenv	boot-file		/boot/yaboot

but no luck what I tried the "mac-boot" command

Is she dead, Jim?