Awesome. I didn't think the boot loader would cause such weird problems, but I'm currently looking at a network install in process, so it's working great.
Thanks Stephen (and others who helped out)! -- Aaron Pierce Psyberware Communications www.psyber.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Judd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 2:08 PM > To: Stephen Judd > Cc: Aaron Pierce; Benjamin Herrenschmidt; > [email protected] > Subject: Re: stack overflow during install on iBook > > > > On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 07:40:45 Stephen Judd wrote: > <snip> > > > 2. Put the yaboot binary and an uncompressed kernel in the top > level of the > > drive. > > > > 3. Edit yaboot.conf. I used the one at the Yellow Dog Linux > site as a model. > > You need to figure out what OF calls your boot drive. I used > BBEdit to make > > sure that I didn't screw up the line endings under MacOS. (BBEdit rocks, > > btw). > > > > 4. Boot into OF, and type the magic phrase: > > > > boot hd;x,yaboot > > > > where x is the number of your drive. Do not put a space after the comma, > > like your fingers want to, or OF will get confused. > > s/drive/partition > > Too early in the morning. > > Stephen >
