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[Joe Reid <jreid AT vnet.net>]

Sarah Ovenall wrote:

> I didn't know there were so many Mac users on this list. My G4 (running
> system 10.1.5) has been acting weird since the power came back on: When
> I shut it down, the light on the front of the computer stays on. Then
> the only way to restart it is to reset the UPS -- the buttons on the
> monitor and the computer do nothing. When it starts up, it makes a loud
> beep and then starts in Open Firmware. Then I type "mac-boot" and it
> starts up normally.
>
> I tried resetting the PRAM, which didn't help. That's about the extent
> of my troubleshooting abilities :) Any OS X guru who could help me out?


If the OpenFrimware is anything like Sun's OpenBootProm, if "something 
goes wrong" (TM) the diag-switch? environment variable will get set, and 
then your normal boot sequence is changed.  printenv will print all the 
openbootprom parameters on a sun, Steve or Steve can you comment on 
Apple's Open Firmware?

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