Stew Benedict
Sat, 04 Oct 2003 15:31:42 -0700
On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes wrote: > > > My guess is you setup the bootstrap mounted at /boot. For some reason > > quite a few folks are inclined to do this. The kernel path for /boot part > > of "/" would be hd:8,/boot/vmlinuz.... > > Yes, I did. Sorry ... > > > > Bootstrap partition should never be one of the mount points. > > I am confused here. When I click to create a partition and choose Apple > Bootstrap, I have to (haven't I) to choose a mounting point. I don't see a > way around for not choosing a mounting point. >
I'm pretty sure there's an empty selection in the list of mount points. > > > > Most folks I've helped on IRC are able to recover from this by booting > > rescue and fixing the yaboot.conf. > > I am a newbie. How to do that? I am booting under rescue and there are three > different options: mount under /mnt/, console and help. Which one do I have > to go for? > > Once I tried console but couldn't find yaboot.conf. Is it under /etc? > Yes, go ahead and let the rescue mount. Go to console chroot /mnt mount /proc /proc -t proc check that there is a kernel and initrd in /boot cd /etc vi yaboot.conf (or vim) fix the entries, save ybin -v umount /proc "exit" to exit the chroot sync; sync (just to be sure) umount /mnt (if this fails don't fret) reboot or "shutdown -h now" -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft