Hi, I have a little problem getting my PowerMac 4400/200 to boot again.
As I was used to on Intel machines, I just repartitioned the harddisk with pdisk and removed all MacOS partitions. Now the darn thing doesn't boot anymore. I don't get into Open Firmware, either. >From several bits of documentation I conclude that Open Firmware uses the >serial port per default on this machine. At least, if I press the magical Open Firmware keys at boot time, the monitor doesn't get any signals (as opposed to when I press nothing). I would like to build a NULLMODEM CABLE so that I can configure my Mac from a PC. I don't have a second Mac. Does anybody know the pinout and which pins to connect for that purpose? I couldn't find any suitable online documentation on the Web. Is there any other way I can get the machine boot properly again? Does a MacOS CD help? Which settings do I need in Open Firmware to boot from CD, provided that I get into Open Firmware (ever)? Thanks a lot, Andreas. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andreas Gruenbacher, Vienna University of Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact information: http://www.infosys.tuwien.ac.at/~agruenba
