On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Eric Wickstrom wrote:

> Alright...I've done that before and I just did it again....i type in l then
> when it askes me for the device I type in /dev/hda and it tells me it can't
> open file /dev/hda 
> 

OK, lets try another angle.  The MacOS pdisk doesn't work on all machines,
I guess yours is one of them.

Can you boot into rescue from the CD?

If so:

pdisk -l /dev/hda
mount /dev/hdaX (X=your "/" partition) /mnt/disk

look at /mnt/disk/etc/yaboot.conf and see if the listing corresponds to
the partition structure

if if does:

cd
chroot /mnt/disk
ybin -v

/sbin/nvsetenv | grep boot-device

see if that looks right

hmount /dev/hda10

[stew@powerbook-cooker SPECS]$ hdir
d          0 items               Jul 30  2001 Desktop Folder
f  tbxi/UNIX         0      3135 Feb 15 07:04 ofboot.b
f  boot/UNIX         0    149220 Feb 15 07:04 yaboot
f  conf/UNIX         0      2955 Feb 15 07:04 yaboot.conf

your size may vary, but the files should be there, and the types should
correspond

exit
umount /mnt/disk
reboot

HTH
Stew Benedict

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