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Re: How to recover from missing sata_svw

by Olaf Hering :: Rate this Message:

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On Wed, Dec 10, Klaas. wrote:

> Op 10-dec-08 schreef Olaf Hering:
>
> >On Mon, Dec 08, Klaas. wrote:
>
> >> I 'll forget about updates for now, but there is a very bad
> >> bug when I shutdown. The system just stops, the screen goes
> >> very strange and I can wait till ????
>
> >I think you have a nvidia card.
> >Please boot with 'video=ofonly' and see if the system still crashes
> >during shutdown.
>
> Indeed the PowerMac has a NVidia card. It worked OK in previous
> openSuse's (10.3,11.0).
> The boot option was refused - msg was a "file not found" condition.
> That could be a Catch22 because the file system is still corrupt
> after the last forceful stop.

Please type <TAB> at the yaboot prompt.
There will be a label named Linux.

type 'Linux video=ofonly' to boot with the video= kernel cmdline option.
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