At 9:21 PM -0700 7/16/00, Henry B. Hotz wrote:

:)I'm in the same boat.
:)
:)I'm suspicous that it has something to do with the nvramrc patches,
:)since it was after I downloaded System Disk and ran it that I started
:)having these problems, but OTOH I have the same problem at home where
:)I've only ever used Boot Variables.

Zapping the PRAM will clear all nvram patches.  Command-Option-P-R.  After
resetting the PRAM, all OF settings will be returned to default and it'll
start booting MacOS.  So, you'll need to do the Command-Option-O-F again to
set things up again.

:)I haven't noticed this, but do you only get the "no active package"
:)message after the "bad partition number" message and not before?

I've never seen this before, but could it be related to having console set
as screen/kbd?  Various 1.0.5 and 2.X machines have problems with
screen/kbd and must use a serial port for console.

Good luck,
  -- MW