Install: never get past an initial black screen

[E. Miller]

Great, thanks for this hint!  I was able to restore normal booting after
doing this.  

Still can't boot the YDL install ISO, though, so if anyone has additional
ideas on that I'd love to hear 'em.

Thanks!

Eric

> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> From: Daniel Gimpelevich <daniel@gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us>
> Subject: Re: Install: never get past an initial black screen
> Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 08:33:02 -0800
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> 
> 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.