On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 07:29:00PM -0500, Scott Fenton wrote: > Hello. I am currently installing Debian on my PowerMac 8500, and > I have a problem. I installed quik, and ran > 'nvsetenv boot-device `ofpath /dev/sda5`', with sda5 being my root > partition. When I then reboot, the computer sounds twice, and then > the screen goes black. You can only recover from this by doing > Alt-Opt-P-R and restoring the defaults. Does anyone know what I'm > doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated.
potato's ofpath is broken, IIRC. Are you installing potato (2.2)? -- *------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 | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
