On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Allan Streib wrote: > OK that does not work. ofpath still cannot find the device path for > /dev/hda3 (my root partition). ofpath --debug /dev/hda3 produces:
What DID work were the instructions at: http://mike.quintero.staff.noctrl.edu/slackintosh/index-2002-07-12.html In summary I did the following on my PowerMac 6500 * IGNORE the "Make system bootable" in the installer. It uses ofpath which evidently does not work on this particular machine/model. * Go to the console (Option-F2) * Use nvsetenv to set the following OpenFirmware variables auto-boot? false (just in case...) boot-device ata/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:3 (my root partition is 3) input-device kbd output-device /bandit/ATY,264GT-B * Make a quik.conf file in /target/etc (where the installer mounts /dev/hda3). Use the "nano-tiny" editor for this. File should contain the following: partition=3 root=/dev/hda3 timeout = 100 default = linux image = /vmlinux label = linux * Remove the symlink /target/vmlinux. The URL above mentions that quik will not follow symlinks, and that the kernel image must be at the top of the filesystem. So copy /target/boot/vmlinux-2.2.20-pmac to /target/vmlinux. * Execute /target/sbin/quik -v -r /target * Reboot. At the OpenFirmware boot prompt, type "boot /vmlinux". Away it went -- booted flawlessly. Once I am comfortable with everything I will probably nvsetenv boot-comand "boot /vmlinux" and nvsetenv auto-boot? true. Allan -- "The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne." -- Chaucer
