On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Damon Garn wrote:
> 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? > No way that I know of. I don't have OSX, but yaboot really should be on it's own partition, though I've seen folks do workarounds. (check the linuxppc archives). Problem then becomes doing kernel upgrades when you can't access it from the Linux side. My preference is to keep the seperate OS's as seperate as possible. > 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 > > > > > > Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
