Install: never get past an initial black screen

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

I am assuming that you can boot the OS X Panther install cd from the
internal cd drive using the 'c' key. You may have accidentally damaged the
ydl isos you downloaded by double-clicking or mounting them before burning.
Use the 'md5' command in OS X's Terminal window to compare the checksums to
the official ones. Currently, a Linux cd can only boot properly from the
internal cd drive.

> From: "E. Miller" <subscriptionbox@squishymedia.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 22:11:28 -0800
> To: <yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> Subject: Re: Install: never get past an initial black screen
> 
> 
> 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.
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