On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 04:59:22PM +0100, Nils Kassube wrote: > Package: boot-floppies > Version: N/A; reported 2002-03-10 > Severity: normal > > I'm trying to install Woody on my PowerMacintosh G3/300 MT > (Beige) with a single HD attached to the Apple 53c875 UW > SCSI host adapter. Everything works fine, the hard disk > is recognized and Woody is installed on the disk, except > that the installer is unable to make the system bootable > and complains: > > --cut-- > Unable to install Quik > > The requested operation cannot be performed because > the OpenFirmware device name for the root disk could > not be determined. > --cut--
ofpath doesn't always work on all machines. If your root installation is on e.g. /dev/sda2, what does # ofpath /dev/sda say? If it looks like a proper OF device name, then use # nvsetenv boot-device device-name but add a 0 after the colon to denote partition 0, the boot block. Although this is not really part of what quik does, it wouldn't hurt to run # quik -v after you're done. BTW, at the OpenFirmware prompt, you can check the device tree with 0 > dev / ls -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
