On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Sharon wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply. I booted into rescue and looked at the table for /dev/hdb and
>it had the bootstrap partitian but also
> had all the MacOS9 drivers on it. Guess I didn't uncheck the box when I erased it.
>Probably shouldn't have mattered, but I
> blasted it away and started from scratch anyway, this time with a newly burned CD1.
>
> Second time around:
> Same, same with the r128 but it got all the way through the install this time, and
>the bootloader setup even gave me the
> command to enter into OF (nice touch, btw). It didn't work, though, so I found a
>yaboot how-to out in webland and got it
> going. Don't know exactly how it was supposed to work, but I don't have a
>yaboot.conf file. I couldn't find one in /etc or
> anywhere else. Ran ybin and it also tells me that "there is no yaboot.conf file,
>loading a generic configuration". But for
> now, it works enough to be usable and I can make the .conf file if I can ever boot
>into MDL.
>
> > r128 issue is known - I'm working through it now with vdanen. ide-cd
> > message is not good.
>
> I think the ide-cd thing was a fluke. I fought with a r128 on the x86 side for
>quite some time before it became usable, if
> it is going to cause me troubles in linux on the ppc side, I may just replace it
>:-{. It needs to be gone anyway.
>
> My present problem: I boot into the yaboot menu (too tiny a font for these old
>eyes), choose linux and the boot starts. The
> text resolution changes to something akin to 80x40 and it goes through all the pci
>stuff and the last line I can read before
> the screen goes black is something about exiting the pic(?). Anyway, it sounds like
>it is continuing the boot, but I can't
> see it.
>
That almost sounds like you are never getting out of Open Firmware.
> Tried entering "textboot failsafe" at the boot: prompt but got the same thing. Was
>my syntax wrong?
> I've got a 17" Apple CRT and picked that during the install, maybe that is the
>problem? If so, I wouldn't mind getting it into a
> low resolution just so I can work with it.
>
> Rescue works so if you have any suggestions, I'm willing to try.
>
Boot rescue, run
pdisk -l /dev/hda
locate your "/" partition and the bootstrap
mount /dev/hdX /mnt/disk (X = "/" partition)
chroot /mnt/disk
cat /etc/yaboot.conf
enter the following:
---------------- snip ---------------------
#yaboot.conf - generated by DrakX
init-message="\nWelcome to Mandrake Linux!\n"
boot=/dev/hda6
ofboot=hd:6
delay=30
timeout=50
install=/usr/local/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/local/lib/yaboot/ofboot
enablecdboot
enableofboot
defaultos=linux
default=linux
nonvram
image=hd:7,/vmlinuz-2.4.17-17mdk
label=linux
root=/dev/hda14
initrd=hd:7,/initrd-2.4.17-17mdk.img
append=" devfs=mount"
read-only
image=hd:7,/vmlinuz-2.4.17-17mdk
label=failsafe
root=/dev/hda14
initrd=hd:7,/initrd-2.4.17-17mdk.img
append=" devfs=mount failsafe"
read-only
macos=hd:5
---------------- snip ----------------------
entries above will need to be adjusted to reflect your hard drive
Ctrl-d
ybin -v
exit
umount /mnt/disk
reboot
Stew Benedict
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