Re: OS X unbootable after Squeeze/Sid installation on Powerbook5,6

2011-06-01 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi there. On May 31 2011, Brad Boyer wrote: The Linux HFS+ driver is pretty brain-dead. I should know, since I wrote it originally. In recent versions, Christoph Hellwig has been giving it a facelift (and, IIRC, Al Viro has also updated it). Have you tried booting from an OSX disc and

Re: OS X unbootable after Squeeze/Sid installation on Powerbook5,6

2011-05-31 Thread Piotr Kopszak
No, nothing changed except the chime which was turned off before and now came back. 2011/5/29 Thomas Carlson tcarl...@sharedcup.com: Try this... http://www.ehow.com/how_5760413_reset-pram-g4-powerbook.html Tom On May 29, 2011, at 1:20 PM, Piotr Kopszak wrote: It's Powerbook5,6 (G4 1.67

Re: OS X unbootable after Squeeze/Sid installation on Powerbook5,6

2011-05-31 Thread Thomas Carlson
Your HFS+ partition must be corrupted in some way. If you had a copy of Diskwarrior or Drive Genius and can still boot from a CD, you might still be able to save your current installation. They have saved my bacon a number of times. Otherwise, it looks like you are going to have to

Re: OS X unbootable after Squeeze/Sid installation on Powerbook5,6

2011-05-31 Thread Piotr Kopszak
But I still can mount Mac OS partition in linux and all seems fine. Isn't it rather a problem of Open Firmware? 2011/5/31 Thomas Carlson tcarl...@sharedcup.com: Your HFS+ partition must be corrupted in some way.   If you had a copy of Diskwarrior or Drive Genius and can still boot from a CD,

Re: OS X unbootable after Squeeze/Sid installation on Powerbook5,6

2011-05-31 Thread Jeroen Diederen
I would try to have a look at /etc/yaboot.conf and see if that is fine. If not, adapt it and run ybin -v met 2 cents On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 16:20 +0200, Piotr Kopszak wrote: But I still can mount Mac OS partition in linux and all seems fine. Isn't it rather a problem of Open Firmware?

Re: OS X unbootable after Squeeze/Sid installation on Powerbook5,6

2011-05-31 Thread Brad Boyer
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 04:20:48PM +0200, Piotr Kopszak wrote: But I still can mount Mac OS partition in linux and all seems fine. Isn't it rather a problem of Open Firmware? The Linux HFS+ driver is pretty brain-dead. I should know, since I wrote it originally. It's no indication that the

OS X unbootable after Squeeze/Sid installation on Powerbook5,6

2011-05-29 Thread Piotr Kopszak
Dear list, I guess I must have done something utterly stupid, although it escapes me when. I can no longer boot OS X. When I press x I see gray apple for a moment but then it is quickly replaced by a slashed circle and all I can do is take out battery and reboot. Before installing Squeeze and

Re: OS X unbootable after Squeeze/Sid installation on Powerbook5,6

2011-05-29 Thread Jeroen Diederen
Can you boot with the option key (alt) held down ? You should be able to choose OSX from there... On Sun, 2011-05-29 at 13:54 +0200, Piotr Kopszak wrote: Dear list, I guess I must have done something utterly stupid, although it escapes me when. I can no longer boot OS X. When I press x I see

Re: OS X unbootable after Squeeze/Sid installation on Powerbook5,6

2011-05-29 Thread Piotr Kopszak
Yes, I tried that. Actually my description was imprecise. In fact I got to slashed circle via gray apple trying to boot with alt pressed, whereas in the case of booting as I usually do, by pressing x, the screen goes black and immediately the same menu with x, c and l appears. 2011/5/29 Jeroen

Re: OS X unbootable after Squeeze/Sid installation on Powerbook5,6

2011-05-29 Thread Thomas Carlson
What kind of a Mac is this? I'm assuming its a Powerbook or iBook of some sort as you can remove the battery. Have you tried resetting the PRAM? Tom On May 29, 2011, at 12:54 PM, Piotr Kopszak wrote: Yes, I tried that. Actually my description was imprecise. In fact I got to slashed circle

Re: OS X unbootable after Squeeze/Sid installation on Powerbook5,6

2011-05-29 Thread Piotr Kopszak
It's Powerbook5,6 (G4 1.67 GHz 15). No, I haven't tried resetting PRAM, how should I do that? Good news is I got Sid back doing apt-get dist-upgrade today in chroot in lenny. 2011/5/29 Thomas Carlson tcarl...@sharedcup.com: What kind of a Mac is this?  I'm assuming its a Powerbook or iBook of

Re: OS X unbootable after Squeeze/Sid installation on Powerbook5,6

2011-05-29 Thread Thomas Carlson
Try this... http://www.ehow.com/how_5760413_reset-pram-g4-powerbook.html Tom On May 29, 2011, at 1:20 PM, Piotr Kopszak wrote: It's Powerbook5,6 (G4 1.67 GHz 15). No, I haven't tried resetting PRAM, how should I do that? Good news is I got Sid back doing apt-get dist-upgrade today in chroot