Install: never get past an initial black screen

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

You say you have the PowerBook G3 w/built-in FireWire a.k.a. "Pismo" which
is a "NewWorld" machine. Try this: Boot into OS X, open a Terminal window
and enter the following commands exactly:

nvram boot-command="mac-boot"
nvram boot-device="cd:,//:tbxi"

Then, without rebooting, go to System Preferences:Startup Disk and select
your OS X folder/partition. This should enable you to boot into OS X without
the option key. You can hold down the 'C' key on the BUILT-IN keyboard to
boot from the BUILT-IN CD-ROM drive.

Or, as an alternative, you can restart immediately after entering the
commands without opening System Preferences, and it should try to start from
the built-in CD-ROM drive. Then, upon successful yaboot installation, you
should get the normal menu at the next boot.

HTH.
-- 
"Consider that two wrongs never make a right, but that three do."
                                                        --National Lampoon

> From: Eric Miller <eric@squishymedia.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Newsgroups: gmane.linux.yellowdog.general
> Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 14:01:58 -0800
> Subject: Install: never get past an initial black screen
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've read through the archives and haven't seen anyone else with the same
> problem that I'm having, thought I'd try asking the list directly.
> 
> I have a Pismo (500) running 10.3, which was an upgrade from a fresh install
> of 10.2 with space left for YDL.  I had run the 10.2.8 updater so I might be
> running into a problem there.  I'm using the 11/18 ISO and have already made
> sure that the open firmware password is off.  The machine does not have
> Classic on it.
> 
> When putting in the install CD, I never get past an initial black screen.
> Can't boot at all.  It won't let me boot Debian or Gentoo either, for that
> matter.
> 
> Don't know if this is related: For whatever reason, after my recent
> reformat/reinstall the Pismo is requiring that I use the option key to
> select a boot volume.  That's the only way I can select the OS X volume or
> the CD for boot.
> 
> Any help/ideas appreciated.  Thanks!
> 
> Eric