On 4 Dec 2002, Ian Davidson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> [While in the process of downloading 8.2] I've tried installing 8.0 on
> an iBook, the install goes fine until the boot-loader finishes
> installing when it shows the message about needing to hold down
> Cmd-Option-O-F at boot up and and type in
>
Hi all,
[While in the process of downloading 8.2] I've tried installing 8.0 on
an iBook, the install goes fine until the boot-loader finishes
installing when it shows the message about needing to hold down
Cmd-Option-O-F at boot up and and type in
setenv boot-device hd:2,\\:tbxi
shut-down
I do
Stew Benedict wrote:
> If rescue doesn't do so for you, mount your linux partition under /mnt and
> then chroot to it, then run ybin. Something like:
>
> mount /dev/hda11 /mnt
> chroot /mnt
> ybin -v
> exit
> umount /mnt
> reboot
>
> You will probably see a complaint about /proc not being mounted
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Patrick Ladam wrote:
> Hi Stew,
>
> I have 3 hard drives on my G3. The first one used to have OSX, a
>
> bootstrap partition for yaboot and OS9. This drive got really sick
>
> (invalid sibling link) and I had to reformat it. The second drive
>
> contains MDK 8.2.
>
> My q
On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 00:29, Patrick Ladam wrote:
> My question is: how can I re-install yaboot from my still existing
> MDK distro? I tried the rescue mode with the install CD to launch
> ybin but a bunch of binaries used by ybin (hfsutils among others)
> are not found. Then I edited the ybin scri
Hi Stew,
I have 3 hard drives on my G3. The first one used to have OSX, a
bootstrap partition for yaboot and OS9. This drive got really sick
(invalid sibling link) and I had to reformat it. The second drive
contains MDK 8.2.
My question is: how can I re-install yaboot from my still existing
M
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Barry Hertzberg wrote:
> Fellow BCLUG members,
>
> This morning around 7:30 AM it was my pleasure to have a 5th grade
> student step up to a dilapidated old Rev A iMac and see a black
> textured screen.
>
> "What's this?"
> "It's called Black box. It's like the other compu
Fellow BCLUG members,
This morning around 7:30 AM it was my pleasure to have a 5th grade
student step up to a dilapidated old Rev A iMac and see a black
textured screen.
"What's this?"
"It's called Black box. It's like the other computers in here but
it's better. It will let you do more things
