> From: Jeff Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 03:30:35 -0600 > At 00:29 -0800 12/05/2002, Bolton Peck wrote: > > Also, and slightly more on topic, I'd like to get into the openfirmware > on my J700 so I can try and get MorphOS to boot on it. How do I do > that? When I hold down the option-apple-o-f keys, I just get a black > screen with no bongs. Do I need the TT128 in there versus my Matrox > card or am I doing something else wrong? > > As always this group is a bit of sanity in an insane world :-) > > The default output device for Open Firmware 1.05 is the serial port. > So when you boot into OF your J700 is trying to display it's screen by > sending the data out the modem port. You can either connect another > Mac to your modem port using a null-modem cable and running a terminal > window such as Z-term or there is a utility somewhere which will let > you reset the NVRAM parameter which controls the OF output device. > Unfortunately, I don't remember what that utility is called. I suspect > Will S. may chime in with the name of it though, but I'm guessing. > > Jeff Walther
I just got in late from working on a project and read this. I went huh??Why would Jeff think I would know anything about this? A few min. later I went duh i've done this but it has been a while. Linux 2000 PPC or maybe the version before it...came with a Linux/UNIX utility that let you open the open firmware and then install LINUX from there. It wasn't as easy to use/ figure out as it should have been. At least for me ;-) But I did get it to work . It was just about that time that BOOT X for Linux came out and was so much easier to use for installing that I forgot about it. I just tried loading my Linux 1999 disk to look for the utility and what do you know. Linux disk will not mount in OSX!!! That is a surprise to me. If you want me to I could look around and find the utility that was used and look through my old notes to see how I got it to work. Look at this page. It sounds like the Yellow Dog Linux people are soon going to be selling a machine that sounds perhaps the same as the one you are beta testing.They will also be selling the motherboard with cpu by it's self. If you look around they have a web page with good pictures of the motherboard and box. Sounds like a nice machine. http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/news/2002-12-04.shtml It's late and I need to sleep....Will S -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
