Open Firmware is kind a can of worms, very powerful but quite hard to learn. I'd try to reset the PRAM to default condition and then start your machine with the option key down and select the disk you wish to boot.
HTH Phil on 9/23/02 11:48 AM, Aaron Magill at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well, as I tried to say in the original posting, I knew fink causing > the problem was a long shot. As far as I can tell, something breaks > long before anything fink offers should even be an issue. > > Do you know where I can find out info regarding OF? I know how to get > into the Open Firmware, but I don't know what to do from there. > > Thanks! > > On Monday, September 23, 2002, at 12:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >> On Monday, September 23, 2002, at 01:18 AM, Aaron Magill wrote: >> >>> Than Apple comes out with an OS update... OK, no problem, every OS >>> has them. I install it and the system no longer boots... Can't boot >>> single user, can't boot verbosely, just a simple grey screen and then >>> nothing. So, I peruse Apple's discussion boards, try out the >>> "Restore Privileges" option. Still no dice. >> >> I'm running 10.2.1, fink etc etc etc ... everything is happy on my >> box. >> >> If you system can't even boot you might want to try and get to the OF >> prompt and see if you can boot by hand from there. >> >> Regards, >> >> Tom >> >> > -- > Aaron S. Magill Sol Tec, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 217-355-7659 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
