boot-problem / open firmware

[couzteau]

hello.

i got a first generation ibook here which won't boot, because it was booted it into os9 (which normally shouldn't be a problem but §$%&???) and os9's startup-volumes control-panel doesn't show osx. so now it won't boot into osx any more.

currently (after some fruitless tries to set the of boot-device properly) it shows a blinking ?/mac-face-folder and just sits there.

starting with alt pressed doesn't show a bootable hardrive at all.

starting with command-alt-o-f open open firmware. i used printenv to show the boot-device (path to boot loader) which is hd:,\\:tbxi

which stands for [device]:[partition],[path][filename] according to http://www.netneurotic.de/mac/openfirmware.html

so i believe the partitionnumber is missing or the device is not specified correctly. how can i find out what this setting should really be?

please help

thanx

 

[couzteau]

solved!

i was able to solve the problem myself! hurray! i feel really great. i never thought i would be able to do this. here is how i tweaked the machine into booting into osx:

1. start pressing alt-command-o-f to open the open-firmware-console

2. enter
boot \System\Library\CoreServices\BootX

3. enjoy see the computer boot into osx

4. login, open systempreferences. open startupvolumes. select your osx system

done.

from now on the boot device is set o the right value. hurray, hurray, hurray

two documents where really helpful:
-http://www.netneurotic.de/mac/openfirmware.html

here i found the path to osx's bootloader bootx (\System\Library\CoreServices\)

-http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn2001.html

tells you how to snoop around your harddrive in of

 

[Cheryl]

Glad you got things going. Next time, you could have used one of the OS CDs, run disk Utility, then go to the Startup disk panel and select the os you wish to use.

 

[couzteau]

actually it wasn't possible to use the startup-disk panel from the osx installation. the os9 startup panel didn't show osx.