The National Enquirer reports at 12:18 PM +0100 6/5/04, Susan Platter wrote:
>When I tried this on my Wallstreet, which is showing exactly the same >symptoms as described in Macintouch, I got a message that reset-nvram >was an "unknown word". reset-all seemed to work, as the screen blanked >out and the Wallstreet went into a normal OS X startup, but what does >reset-nvram do and why should it not be a recognised command? Will it >work without the hyphen? Sorry I took so long responding. I have been up to my ears in alligators working on some things here. I noted your later reply that you were able to get it to work in your WS. Here's more than you need to know about Open Firmware: <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60285>. At 1:55 PM -0400 6/5/04, Laurent Daudelin wrote: >I didn't know the Wallstreet had built-in OpenFirmware. > Open Firmware problems on Macs: <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25249> And it indicates that OF is incorporated in the PowerBook 2400, 3400, and G3/G3 series and newer computers. ALL PCI-based Macs (from the 7200 onward) have OpenFirmware. Some have a more complete OF than others (this *may* be why reset-nvram didn't work for Susan's WS), but all PCI-based Macs have OF to one degree or another. IIRC OF will is not available with any OS under 9.x. At 12:18 PM +0100 6/5/04, Susan Platter wrote: >Incidentally, I have great difficulty getting Open Firmware to start. >Sometimes it does, but most times not. Is there any way of setting it >to start up, without having to hold those keys down? There is no other way. And maybe you weren't able to hold all of the keys down simultaneously each time, therefore not getting the unit to boot into OF. HTH, Bob -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
