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| 05:19.44 | dbbolton | i installed debian ppc on my g4 and it went fine. but after i installed grub2 i no longer get any video output |
| 05:20.39 | simonrvn | try booting with video=ofonly |
| 05:21.03 | dbbolton | how am i supposed to add that option if i can't see anything |
| 05:21.16 | dbbolton | i mean there is absolutely no video output at all |
| 05:21.39 | simonrvn | at the prompt... |
| 05:21.52 | dbbolton | there is no prompt |
| 05:22.10 | simonrvn | grub has a prompt |
| 05:22.24 | simonrvn | well then there's some other issue |
| 05:22.54 | dbbolton | http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=50195&start=0 |
| 05:23.00 | dbbolton | list of what i have tried |
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| 05:26.17 | simonrvn | someone told you of the pin hole in the cd drve. did you try that (need paper clip)? |
| 05:26.43 | dbbolton | yes |
| 05:27.05 | dbbolton | as i mentioned only the secondary drive appears to have such a hole |
| 05:27.33 | dbbolton | i swapped the ide cable ends to make that the master |
| 05:28.53 | simonrvn | some ofthe apple drives you have to (stupidly) stick it in the slot (slot load, old crap on old imacs). also did you check hardware (cables, etc.)? |
| 05:30.01 | simonrvn | i know it's not an imac, but i don't know what sort of g4 box that is ;) |
| 05:31.07 | dbbolton | http://www.hardcoremac.com/g4mdd.jpg |
| 05:31.30 | dbbolton | i did check the hardware |
| 05:33.18 | simonrvn | did you try booting straight to OF? |
| 05:33.18 | simonrvn | cmd-opt-o-f |
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| 05:33.35 | simonrvn | wb |
| 05:34.43 | dbbolton | how long after pressing the power button do i need to issue these commands, and how long must they be held |
| 05:35.05 | simonrvn | before the boing, very soon after coming on |
| 05:35.25 | simonrvn | not very long. if normal it should come to a white screen |
| 05:35.28 | dbbolton | i will try cmd+opt+o+f |
| 05:36.18 | dbbolton | i already cut my finger on something in the case and now i'm bleeding everywhere |
| 05:36.28 | dbbolton | this is not my day |
| 05:38.50 | simonrvn | :( |
| 05:40.00 | simonrvn | hope it goes better for you. not too great for a lot of people this week, so you're not alone :P. |
| 05:40.25 | dbbolton | the O+F command didn't do anything |
| 05:41.17 | dbbolton | i'm tempted to put the hard drive in another machine and wipe it |
| 05:41.41 | simonrvn | it's odd it's doing this to you, another guy here had luck with grub2 |
| 05:41.49 | simonrvn | good luck |
| 05:41.51 | dbbolton | but since the g4 won't boot from the cd when the hard drive isn't plugged in, i don't think wiping the drive would help |
| 05:42.38 | simonrvn | i'm out of ideas. i don't understand why it would do this. |
| 05:43.48 | dbbolton | i read something online about a guy whose g4 would only boot from the os x disc, but no other cd |
| 05:44.09 | simonrvn | of does all the h/w init. oh. hmm. firmware issue maybe? |
| 05:44.43 | dbbolton | it booted from the debian cd fine ote i installed grub |
| 05:44.56 | dbbolton | before |
| 05:45.05 | dbbolton | i dont know how i typed ote |
| 05:46.07 | simonrvn | i don't know what an ote is, could you explain? :P |
| 05:48.43 | simonrvn | dbbolton: well ask pahartik about his experiences, he's the one that got it going |
| 05:49.33 | dbbolton | i would be fine with yaboot. i just want the damn thing to run an operating system at this point |
| 05:53.25 | simonrvn | indeed |
| 06:21.06 | dbbolton | it looks like the PMU reset button was the key |
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