From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-fx0-f221.google.com (mail-fx0-f221.google.com [209.85.220.221]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E76CDB7CC2 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:20:56 +1100 (EST) Received: by fxm21 with SMTP id 21so414870fxm.2 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:20:53 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1269509341.441.2779.camel@thor.local> References: <8028e5751003240332h3f13c2d5w941dda44b4740d7@mail.gmail.com> <1269509341.441.2779.camel@thor.local> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:20:53 +0100 Message-ID: <8028e5751003260320i37fee6a9l74379c3279850c9e@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Booting headless PowerMac G5 From: Romain Goyet To: =?UTF-8?Q?Michel_D=C3=A4nzer?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , 2010/3/25 Michel D=C3=A4nzer : > On Wed, 2010-03-24 at 11:32 +0100, Romain Goyet wrote: >> >> =C2=A0 Here's a summary about "how to boot a PowerMac G5 without a scree= n >> attached". As many people have noticed, default yaboot install won't >> boot unless a screen is attached. >> >> =C2=A0 Actually, the workaround is really simple. Thing is, that's the >> "ofboot.b" script that messes things up. This script is a "bridge", >> that actually either starts yaboot or let you boot off of a CD. I >> don't know what's the point, since OpenFirmware already lets you boot >> off of the CD by pressing C on boot=E2=80=A6 >> >> =C2=A0 So basically, to boot headless, all you have to do is to tell >> OpenFirmware to boot straight off the yaboot binary, and to skip the >> ofboot.b >> Just boot into OpenFirmware (Command-Option-O-F), and type : >> setenv boot-device hd:2,yaboot (where 2 is the number of the partition >> containing yaboot) >> boot >> >> And here you go, you can unplug that useless monitor :-) >> >> References : >> http://saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com/blog/archive/2005/02/THE_WINE_OF_BOO= T.html >> http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnPowerPC > > That's good to know, thanks. > You're welcome. Actually I also wrote this as a memo for myself :-) > >> By the way, as of writing this, grub2 on PPC from debian gives a "out >> of memory" issue. Known bug. > > That's on the G5? It's working on my PowerBook, but I haven't updated > the grub2 binaries on the bootstrap partition in a while... > > Yeah, that's on a PowerMac QuadG5. I think that's a known issue : http://www.mail-archive.com/grub-devel@gnu.org/msg04455.html However it might be another one since it's working for you. I'm using grub2 from Debian stable. > -- > Earthling Michel D=C3=A4nzer =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 | =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0http://www.vmware.com > Libre software enthusiast =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 | =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Debian, X and DRI developer > > > > > >