Subject: Re: Dual G4 ("blue light") install issues
From: Dennis Morrison (dennis@tristream.com)
Date: Thu Jan 18 2001 - 10:51:02 MST
I forgot to mention that when I executed those commands into the
black hole, it FIRST resulted in the DVD drive spinning up with the
YDL CD in it..then the screen weirdness came on..
TIA
>I've tried both cd:,\\yaboot and now cd:,\\:tbxi as mentioned in the
>last email.
>
>The problem seems to start when I try and boot into
>OF..(command-option-O-F, right?)..My monitor never sync's..so I'm
>left with a blank screen.
>
>So, just out of curiosity I sat infront of the blank screen and
>typed either of the above commands blindly and hit return..The first
>command I tried was the tbxi one..It resulted in top quarter of the
>screen white, with jarbled, scrambled what could be text..and the
>remainder of the screen black.
>
>The next time I tried cd:,\\yaboot....This resulted in the same
>white/jarbled text, then a section of striped yellow/black, and then
>the solid black at the bottom.
>
>Is my OF somehow screwed up or something?? This is maddening, I tell
>you! :) I've never had this much trouble with linux on a PC, let
>alone a mac.. :)
>
>>
>>Have you tried booting into Open Firmware and then booting yaboot
>>from the CD?
>>
>>boot cd:,\\yaboot
>>
>>-Hollis
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