On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 11:23:42AM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > Hi > > Additionaly to the problems I just reporte via the BTS there is another > problem in yaboot-installer. It calls yabootconfig and ybin which in > turn needs several executables for correct operation. Namely these files > are needed in the installer root: > from yaboot: /usr/sbin/ofpath, /usr/sbin/mkofboot, /usr/lib/yaboot > from hfsutils: /usr/bin/hmount, /usr/bin/humount, /usr/bin/hcopy, > /usr/bin/hattrib, /usr/bin/hformat > from debianutils: /bin/mktemp > from powerpc-utils: /sbin/nvsetenv > > I see 3 possible solutions: > > 1. In yaboot-installer's postinst make symlinks to these files from the > installer disk to the files in /target (they are all there). Rather > hackish solution, but it works, I tested it. > 2. call yabootconfig and ybin in a chroot environment. to make this work > we need to also mount /proc inside the chroot (needed by yabootconfig > and ybin).
yabootconfig has a -t switch which will make it operate as if in a chroot. Strangely, ybin does not; but yabootconfig runs mkofboot which does the same thing. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
