Michael Lyngb�l wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 06:54:37PM +1000, Brendan J Simon wrote:
> > > > > Still not able to boot directly into Linux.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've haven't figured out how booting of a PowerPC works? I suppose I'm
> > > > > missing something?
> > > >
> > > > I'm guessing you need to use nvsetenv.  You'll have to set boot-device;
> > > > probably to "scsi-int/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0" or something like that.
> > >
> > > hmm ... now I've totally messed it up. Now it won't boot anything.
> > >
> > > Switching it on the screen just stays blank.
> > >
> > > Is it possible some how to reset the machine to factory defaults?
> >
> > I think holding down the ctrl-apple-P-R key combination will do it for you. 
> >  The
> > P-R stands for Parameter RAM.
>
> Nope, no luck. Simply nothing happens.

I wasn't specific enough.  Press ctrl-apple-P-R combination during the reboot 
phase.
ie.  ctrl-apple-reset to reboot, then ctrl-apple-P-R until your machine boots 
with the
default settings.  If ctrl-apple-reset doesn't work, then you may need to power 
cycle.

Brendan Simon.


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