On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 04:24:03PM -0800, Matthew Richardson wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to get Debian 3.0r1 running as the only OS on a beige G3. So > far, I've gotten through the install process and rebooted....and > nothing. On the first reboot, I get an Open Firmware-type screen with > the message "Can't open device". Subsequent reboots get the dread > floppy-with-question-mark on the screen. I'm pretty sure that it is a > problem with Open Firmware and Quik, but not sure how to solve it. I > tried the OF patch in the System Disk download to no avail. Also, I > found the Quik patch quik-first.b-g3, but am not sure how to apply that > patch. If anyone can help a newbie, I'd appreciate it.
That isn't a patch, it's a substitute. After booting back into the installer, copy that file to your /target/boot folder, and rename it first.b to supercede the first.b that's there. Then, in console 2, run chroot /target /bin/bash mount -t proc proc /proc quik -v exit and then reboot to see if you get better results. You might want to run nvsetenv while you're in there to see what your nvram setup looks like. -- "The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what we should do with software engineers. They put the designer under the bridge, and then they marched over it." -- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003
