Re: OpenFirmware: ROM checksum failure!


Subject: Re: OpenFirmware: ROM checksum failure!
From: Christopher Cianci (cianci@tiger.cc.oxy.edu)
Date: Sun Aug 20 2000 - 15:22:51 MDT


Yes, and the only noticable differance is that the OpenFirmware prompt now
displays at a lower resolution (larger type). Good thought, though, it was
one of my first also.

Thanks,

-- chris --

On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Tommy Young wrote:

> did you try zapping the pram?
>
> > From: Christopher Cianci <cianci@tiger.cc.oxy.edu>
> > Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> > Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 12:24:01 -0700 (PDT)
> > To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> > Subject: OpenFirmware: ROM checksum failure!
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This is my first time asking a question of a list, but I am desperate. I
> > attempted to install YDL on a blue/white G3, and failed, but hosed my
> > partition map in the process -- the machine now refuses to boot from even
> > a cd (YDL or MacOS), but rather dumps me into the OpenFirmware 3.1.1.
> >
> > If I could find documentation for this "New World" (no pun intended), I am
> > sure that it must not be that difficult to re-instate the proper ROM.
> > However, I am currently at a loss. Any help that anyone can offer would be
> > greatly appreciated. At this point I would rejoice just to get it back the
> > way it was.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > -- chris --
> >
>



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