What gives?

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

Looking at the PRAM under OSX is tricky, and i don't know of a way to look
at it under YDL, but the NVRAM, of which the PRAM is a part, is easier:
"nvram -p" under OSX, and "nvsetenv" under YDL.

On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 22:05:26 -0400, GDB-B&W-YDL3.0.1 wrote:

> GDB-B&W-YDL3.0.1 wrote:
> 
>> Daniel Gimpelevich wrote:
>>
>>> hd:,\\:tbxi
>>>
>>> That is the correct default. What you need is some help in hacking the
>>> flasher program to think you have old firmware. It would take about the
>>> same amount of effort as shipping back to Apple. I might have done it
>>> myself, but I would need access to a B&W for a couple of days in 
>>> order to
>>> do so. If you're handy with MacsBug, you might try it yourself.
>>>
>>> On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 18:28:19 -0400, GDB-B&W-X.3.5 wrote:
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>> GDB-B&W-X.3.5 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>> Daniel Gimpelevich wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>> Does all of this still happen even after you run the firmware 
>>>>>> flasher? You
>>>>>> have nothing to lose by trying that, and the error you got 
>>>>>> regarding the
>>>>>> address property leads me to believe that perhaps the firmware was
>>>>>> improperly flashed once before. Once again, the URL is
>>>>>> http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n58374 to download the flasher.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Daniel, but following all the directions and downloading the 
>>>>> firmware update just gives me a message that my firmware is up to 
>>>>> date.  No opitions to reinstall so that was that.  I feel there is 
>>>>> a problem with the firmware also, but I don't know how to fix it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just a message from Doug...
>>>>>     
>>>>
>>>> After much reading, troubleshooting, testing, reinstalling, etc., I 
>>>> have come to the conclusion that my firmware is corrupted.  I can 
>>>> run a single OS and the machine will boot/reboot just fine, but just 
>>>> as soon as I install and try to boot from another OS, the entire 
>>>> process grinds to a halt.  From what I've read, there should be a 
>>>> good deal more to my boot-device in OF than:
>>>>
>>>> hd:,\\:tbxi
>>>>
>>>> But that is what it is and each time I try to set-default I get a 
>>>> bad default error message.  A single zap of the PRAM will allow me 
>>>> to boot again, but this is not as it should be.  Also trying to use 
>>>> the firmware update from Apple just results in the message that my 
>>>> firmware is up-to-date.  It may be that, but it ain't right!  The 
>>>> only alternatives I see is to purchase another motherboard on Ebay 
>>>> or ship mine back to Apple and have them to reflash the boot rom.  I 
>>>> have an idea of what the motherboard option will cost, but does 
>>>> anyone know how much it would cost to have Apple to fix it?  Also if 
>>>> anyone has any other suggestions on how to fix this problem I am 
>>>> more than willing to listen.  TIA
>>>>
>>>> Just a message from Doug...
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>
>> So you think the problem is not with the default boot device but 
>> somewhere else?  Of course I have no way of knowing what it is before 
>> I zap the PRAM as I can't get it to come up in OF without first 
>> zapping the PRAM.  So if the default is messed up, how come zapping 
>> brings it back to the default?  I'm very confused...
>>
>> Just a message from Doug...
> 
> More information on this problem.  I found yet another web forum where 
> this command was issued and it seems that all this time I have been 
> typing it in wrong.  The command is supposed to be set-defaults instead 
> of set-default.  Typing it in that way on my machine works just fine.  I 
> also got a confirm of this from the G-List where I have been 
> cross-posting in an effort to solve this nagging problem.  Note that it 
> did not fix the problem, but I feel somewhat less inclined to think I 
> have a corrupted firmware now.  BTW, I still get the "no address 
> property found!" listed twice at the top of the OF screen after zapping 
> the PRAM.  That is my only real clue at the moment.  Seems to me the 
> problem is a corrupted PRAM as that is where the boot disk and partition 
> info is held.  Is there any way to look at the contents of the PRAM from 
> YDL or OSX?
> 
> Just a message from Doug...
> 
> 
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