Even with only a one digit value, OF complains the string is too long.


At 11:20 AM -0400 5/30/01, Lars Kellogg-Stedman wrote:
>  > I tried Lars' suggestion on my Power Macintosh 8500, but it didn't
>  > work.  OpenFirmware complained that the string was too long.
>
>Odd, on my 7300 this string appears to be "just the right length" (e.g.,
>anything longer is too long).  You can change the wait time between boot
>retries to free up one or two additional characters:
>
>   setenv boot-command begin ['] boot catch 500 ms cr again
>   setenv boot-command begin ['] boot catch 99 ms cr again
>
>And see if that works.
>
>Here's a question for the OF gurus -- what determines the maximum length
>of an OF environment variable?  Obviously, some of them (such as nvramrc)
>can hold a big chunk of text while others are severely restricted.
>
>-- Lars
>
>--
>Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@larsshack.org>