Subject: OS 9.1 again Re: Probs with MOL, Mac OS 9.1, LinuxPPC 2KQ4 on Pismo
From: John L Grantham (john@grantham.com)
Date: Wed Jan 17 2001 - 17:29:39 MST
Hi again,
OK, someone in another forum suggested that I try zapping PRAM and
booting directly into Linux via Open Firmware, since the new 9.1
Startup Disk control panel may have mucked things up...still the same
problem as below.
Oddly, now if I leave it set to blkdev: /dev/hda (rather than
/dev/hda9), it tries to boot from my partition containing yaboot
(/dev/hda11) -- but freezes on the Mac/penguin icon.
The thought occurred to me -- at one point I had Mac OS X PB on the
Pismo, and removed it manually. Could that be a problem?
Can someone help?
Thanks,
John
At 5:58 pm +0100 15/1/01, John L Grantham wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I have been trying to use MOL-0.9.53-2 with LinuxPPC 2000 Q4 on a
>Pismo 500 MHz Powerbook. I recently updated to Mac OS 9.1
>International English, as well as updating to LinuxPPC 2KQ4.
>
>While MOL worked fine with LinuxPPC 2000 and OS 9.0.4, it doesn't
>work with the new setup.
>
>I did get the new ROM from my System Folder, stripped it as usual
>and installed it.
>
>When I start MOL, it patches the kernel fine and starts. Then I get
>a flashing question mark for about fifteen seconds, after which I
>get the happy Mac, then immediately a bomb (Sorry, a system error
>occurred -- bus error). If I click "Restart", MOL dies.
>
>I have checked and double-checked the settings in /etc/molrc for the
>startup volume -- /dev/hda9 for my Mac OS volume (if I set it to
>just /dev/hda, it boots Linux and loads the LinuxPPC installer,
>which obviously is pointless to run in MOL... ;-) ).
>
>I have also tried to restore the original molrc from
>/usr/doc/mol-0.9.53-2 as well as completely reinstalling MOL (rpm
>-e, then rpm -ivh); I have also tried transporting the original ROM
>file in various ways to make sure it isn't corrupted.
>
>I am using a self-compiled kernel 2.2.18-4gpmac (i.e. from the
>sources on the LinuxPPC 2000 Q4 CD) with XFree86-4.0.1.
>
>I also tried searching the archives with no luck...
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>
>John
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>
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