firewire screwup (PB G4 reset procedure)

Marcus O.C. Metzler mocm at convergence.de
Fri Aug 31 05:51:39 EST 2001


Timothy A. Seufert writes:
 >
 > Possibly -- you could remove the firewire controller's node from the
 > OF device tree before booting MacOS, and then MacOS would be unlikely
 > to even know of its existence.  But I'm not nearly enough of an OF
 > hacker to know whether that's really possible, or how to do it.
 >
 > I guess at this point damage must be considered likely.  Have you
 > tried using the Hardware Test CD that came with the computer?

That was one of the first things I did. The test claims everything is
fine.

Marcus

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