I found a solution if anyone else runs into this. During the install process create a separate /boot partition and format it as ext2.
On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 7:23 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Dan. I will keep looking. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 9, 2016, at 7:19 PM, Dan DeVoto <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I haven't seen these problems on Debian Sid. Just to check, I ran ybin > and even yabootconfig to completely rewrite my yaboot.conf from scratch, > and still no problems. I'm afraid I don't know what's behind your bug. > > > > Regards, > > > > Dan > > > > -------------------------------------------- > > On Fri, 7/8/16, Herminio Hernandez Jr <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Subject: yaboot 1.3.17 broken > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, July 8, 2016, 8:37 PM > > > > I do not know if anyone else is > > having this issue but if you make any > > changes to yaboot.conf and try up date the bootloader with > > 'ybin -v' and > > reboot, the system will not start. I needed reinstall Jessie > > set up my > > yaboot.conf the way I wanted it updated the bootloader and > > then upgrade > > to Stretch. I have the same issue in Gentoo, thankfully > > there I can just > > load the live cd and do my changes. > > > > I found that the current version of yaboot 1.3.17 is broken > > (at least in > > my experience). The only solution I have seen is to > > downgrade to 1.3.16. I have also heard that yaboot is no > > longer been maintained upstream as well. I researched and > > found that the website is down so I am thinking this is > > correct. > > > > I have not seen any reports on this in BTS so I wondering if > > this is even a > > universal problem. I am that someone can confirm if the is > > the case or > > not. > > > > Finally does any know if migrating to grub2 is a viable > > option for ppc > > and ppc64? > > > > Thanks > > Herminio >
