:::: Prior to now, Ethan Benson wrote ::::::: :: :: On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 04:15:26AM -0700, Benjamin Kite wrote: :: > If you're not using BootX, you'll need to :: :: its a G4, you CANNOT use BootX on NewWorld hardware. don't do it, :: ever. ::
I wouldn't presume to correct you if I weren't certain, but both of my Yosemite G3s relied on BootX to get them to the point of install, and it served as a rescue more than once as well. Is there something POTENTIALLY dangerous about using BootX? :: :: > 1. Initialize your bootstrap partition (with mkofboot) :: > 2. Edit the yaboot.conf file for your configuration :: > 3. Install yaboot on the bootstrap partition (with ybin) :: :: correct :: :: > 4. (in my experience) Mount the bootstrap partition and stick a kernel :: > on it that matches the yaboot.conf :: :: WRONG :: :: absolutly NEVER DO THIS. :: :: *KERNELS DO *NOT* BELONG ON THE BOOTSTRAP PARTITION. *EVER* :: :: please don't spread misinformation. :: Once again, with respect, I admit my relative ignorance, but please: why don't they belong on the bootstrap partition? Yaboot cannot find my kernel if I don't put it there. I've tried this through trial and error. Perhaps I'm not doing it /correctly/, but I've tried alternatives with NO success, while this is the only place it can reliably find any new kernels I compile. :: :: > 5. Make sure your OF boot-device variables point to the right place :: :: ybin does this, comment out/delete the nonvram line in /etc/yaboot.conf :: :: > I don't think quik works with newworlds. It didn't work on mine. Maybe I'm :: > deranged. :: :: quik does not work on newworlds. :: :: -- :: Ethan Benson :: http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ :: :::: End inclusion from Ethan Benson ::::::: -- "Human society is not fundamentally blessed." -- Hayao Miyazaki
