Re: Bios mode?

[Clae]

At 3:32 PM -0400 16/5/2004, MaX List wrote:
From: Steven Appelget <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bios mode?
Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 23:38:01 -0500
On May 15, 2004, at 12:52 PM, Eric D. Hedekar wrote:
 > In order to
 > install Debian I need to boot into the BIOS (OpenFirmware).
 > When I do this I hear the chime but my screen stays completely black
 and my
 > monitor does not recieve a signal
IIRC, the version of OF on the S900 sends its output to the serial
port, not the screen.  Hook up a cable from the modem port to the
serial port of a terminal / computer running a terminal emulation
program and you should be able to access OF.
I think XPost Facto (normally used for installing Mac OS X on
unsupported Macs) might be able to redirect the OF output to the
screen.
You can also do this from within Open Firmware.  Google for a list of 
Open Firmware commands, and you should come up with the solution. 
Setenv something.  But if the above about the S900 is correct, you'll 
need a serial terminal session to be able to see and type into OF.

You can download terminal emulators for just about any old Mac or PC 
you have lying around.

Clae.
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