Just curious (additional)

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

Sounds like you need to not only reset the PRAM, but reset the nvram as
well. Note that resetting the nvram also resets the PRAM. In OF, just type:

reset-nvram
set-default
reset-all

On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 10:08:34 -0400, GDB-B&W-YDL3.0.1 wrote:

> GDB-B&W-YDL3.0.1 wrote:
> 
>> GDB-B&W-YDL3.0.1 wrote:
>>
>>> In an effort to understand what is happening when yaboot starts my 
>>> computer, I have looked at the partition map of the HD (80 Gb Maxtor 
>>> IDE)  and found the following.  hda1-8 are all less than 1 Mb and 
>>> take up the first 2 sectors of the HD.  Next there is a 128 Mb free 
>>> space. hda10 is an hfs+ partition and is 31011 Mb in size.  This is 
>>> my OSX partition.  Then another 128 Mb free space.  hda12 is also an 
>>> hfs+ partition and is 5997 Mb in size.  This is my OS9 partition.  
>>> hda9 is the yaboot hfs partition and is 1 Mb in size.  hda11 is my 
>>> 1000 Mb linux swap partition and hda13 is my 10000 Mb ext3 YDL 
>>> partition.  This leaves 29901 Mb of free space at the end of the 
>>> drive.  Below is my 
>>
>>
>> <SNIP>
>>
>> Some of you may remember this thread from awhile back.  As an update, 
>> I finally got around to repartitioning my B&W HD as it should be.  Now 
>> my bootstrap is located on HDA9, OS9 is HDA11 and OSX is HDA13.  The 
>> original problem I had was that when I went into OS9 and tried to 
>> restart the computer, it would hang, basically just a blank screen.  
>> Now that I have redone everything, both OSX and OS9 cause this 
>> problem!  The only time I get the yaboot screen is when I restart from 
>> YDL.  The original problem was thought to be because of the odd 
>> location of my bootstrap drive but now it's in the "right" location.  
>> Any ideas?
> 
> Forgot to mention that the only way to recover from this condition is to 
> reset the PRAM (Command-Option-P-R).  If I go into the Open Firmware 
> screen I get the following error message twice at the top of the screen:
> 
> NO ADDRESS PROPERTY FOUND!
> 
> Is this a clue?  Typing mac-boot at the prompt then takes me back to the 
> yaboot screen as it should.
> 
> Just a message from Doug...
> 
> 
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