On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Vincent Danen wrote:
> On Wed Aug 15, 2001 at 06:19:32AM -0400, Stew Benedict wrote:
>
> > > > boot hd:11,\\yaboot straight to yaboot
> > >
> > > This worked. But only shows linux and failsafe as possible boot
> > > options. Is that normal?
> > >
> > Yes, normal for yaboot. ofboot.b does not seem to want to work on your
> > machine, which is also related to the CD boot issue.
>
> I'm going to try the install again but this time use the
> recommended/newbie install and let it auto-allocate
> partitions... maybe that will help.
>
Don't think that's going to make any difference Vincent, as yaboot appears
to be in the bootstrap. There is something wrong with the ofboot.b file,
at least in terms of your particular hardware and/or machine series.
There are newer versions of yaboot also - but I've heard of issues with
them and certain machines too.
You might also try holding down the "Option" key at boot and see if the
graphical boot options appear. This worked with an iMac DV I borrowed when
I reworked the bootloader scheme before, but I couldn't do an install on
the machine, as it is a dealer's demo unit.
Stew Benedict
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