On 7 Jun, this message from Daniel Bolgheroni echoed through cyberspace: > I've trying to boot Debian GNU/Linux on a Performa 6360, so I configured > the boot with the command: nvsetenv boot-device 'ofpath /dev/hda8' (note > this is not back quote as in manual: nvsetenv boot-device `ofpath > /dev/hda8`, but I get my machine is not supported).
This is close to the worst way to set boot-device :) In fact, what the manual wants, is set boot-device to the output of the command 'ofpath /dev/hda8', hence the backquotes. Backquotes tell the shell: 'replace this with the output of the command enclosed in the backquotes'. The message about your machine not being supported comes from ofpath, which knows nothing about your machine (because the author didn't tell it anything). So, to sum this up, on your machine you cannot use the convenient way as described in the manual to set boot-device; you need to find it the manual way by going into OF and finding the OpenFirmware path to your boot disk. See Chris' mail for how to do that. Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. " -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
