Subject: Re: OpenFirmware: ROM checksum failure!
From: Christopher M. Cianci (cianci@oxy.edu)
Date: Mon Aug 21 2000 - 08:47:48 MDT
> how many times did you let it chime after zapping it?
Three or four. Should I try again, and let it go longer?
Thank you so much for trying to help.
-- chris --
>
>
> > From: Christopher Cianci <cianci@tiger.cc.oxy.edu>
> > Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> > Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 14:22:51 -0700 (PDT)
> > To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> > Subject: Re: OpenFirmware: ROM checksum failure!
> >
> > 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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