On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Damon Garn wrote:
> > Hmmm maybe I'm too tired to be doing this... I didn't do the chroot /mnt > "correctly" the first time and so my lack of a yaboot wasn't really > accurate. Sorry. Anyway, once I discovered this I (correctly) went to the > system's root and verified several things as suggested in previous posts: > > 1. yaboot.conf looks "normal" to me; I've reproduced it below: > > #yaboot.conf - generated by Drakx > init-message="\nWelcome to Mandrake Linux!\n" > boot=/dev/hda8 > ofboot=hd:8 > delay=30 > timeout=50 > install=/usr/local/lib/yaboot/yaboot > magicboot=/usr/loca/lib/yaboot/ofboot > enablecdboot > enableofboot > defaultos=linux > default=linux > image=hd:9,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk > label=linux > root=/dev/hda11 > initrd=hda:9,/initrd-2.4.18-6.1mdk.img > append=" devfs=mount" > read-only > image=hd:9,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk > label=failsafe > root=/dev/hda11 > initrd=hda:9,/initrd-2.4.18-6.1mdk.img > append=" devfs=mount failsafe" > read-only > macos=hd:6 > > > 2. ran ybin -v and it confirmed installation and configuration. Output as > follows: > > ybin: /proc filesystem is not mounted, nvram will not be updated > ybin: installing first stage bootstrap /usr/local/lib/yaboot/ofboot onto > /dev/hda8 > ybin: installing primary bootstrap /usr/local/lib/yaboot/yaboot onto > /dev/hda8 > ybin: installing /etc/yaboot.conf onto /dev/hda8 > ybin: Setting attributes on ofboot... > ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot... > ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot.conf... > ybin: Blessing /dev/hda8 with Holy Penguin Pee... > > Could the Holy Penguin Pee have shorted out my system? > > 3. during the rescue mode boot from CD it finds the following: "probable > root partition on /dev/hda11 (type ext3)" and "Mounting /dev/hda9 on > /mnt/boot type ext2" > > What about the i386 versions of Linux where the boot info must reside within > the first 1024 cylinders of the drive? > Damon > There was a problem on some of the old iMacs where yaboot needed to be in the first 2GB? or so. Wasn't much of an issue until folks started upgrading them with big drives. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
