Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Re: New install - Unable to get my ppc Mac Mini to boot the root partition

2010-09-03 Thread Joe Fox
Barry, That's a good idea. I forgot about that. I was was going to suggest that Mark verify that he's compiling the right drive controller driver, but if that was the case, he wouldn't have gotten as far as he did. Joe Fox Systems/Network Administrator Mobile# (716) 846-9308

Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Re: New install - Unable to get my ppc Mac Mini to boot the root partition

2010-09-03 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Enlightened User li...@nc.rr.com wrote: http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/yaboot-howto/ch9.en.html Sections 9.2 and 9.3 show how to boot to the yaboot 'boot:' prompt and start the kernel with parameters. Hope that helps you get started. If you do change

Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Re: New install - Unable to get my ppc Mac Mini to boot the root partition

2010-09-02 Thread Enlightened User
Could the root device now be referred to as /dev/sda4 (SCSI Disk support) with the kernel now loading? You should be able to pass the root device to the kernel at boot time (root=/dev/sda4). If you are able to get past the root filesystem check (the disk is referred to as sda instead of