Hmm This is an upgraded hd with OSX in the first 7.5GB and a data drive in the second 7.5GB, with the remaining 15 or so GB being free space (and being where I am attempting to put the "blessed partition", the /boot partition, the / partition and the /swap partition...
How could I get yaboot into the first 2GB without repartitioning? Can it be installed thru OSX? Damon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stew Benedict" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 7:36 PM Subject: Re: iMac266, OSX Man82ppc installation won't boot > > 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 > >
