on 15.05.2004 13:49, Eric D. Hedekar at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In my recent attempts to install a dual boot linux/os9.1 system on my S900 I > have run into a few bumps but currently I am fairly stuck. In order to > install Debian I need to boot into the BIOS (OpenFirmware). I've been told > that the keyboard shortcut on most macs is command+option+O+F on startup. > When I do this I hear the chime but my screen stays completely black and my > monitor does not recieve a signal (the light on the corner - not on the > screen - continues to flash rather than show a constant light). I am using > a PC monitor through my TwinTurbo card so my guess is that I have booted > into OpenFirmware but it does not want to send a monitor output stream to a > PC monitor or to my graphics card entirely. Any ideas on how this might be > fixed? Hi Eric,
First, be sure the distro is a port to the PPC platform, not i386. If not, you may need to re-compile it from source. For motherboards of the S900 vintage or earlier, a minimal Mac OS boot volume needs to be set up and a control panel called "BootX" handles the OF, NVRAM, and PRAM programming for you via a GUI. There are just too many opportunities for mayhem not to take advantage of this method of getting into Linux, or any Unix-based kernel, for that matter. Since you already plan on being dual boot, that seems to be be the simplest way to accomplish this. I have found the Yellow Dog distro to be the most committed to the PPC platform, especially for the Mac Clones, yet as in all things, YMMV. HTH, paul -- Paul F. Henegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
