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I’ve had the problem with getting
yaboot to load. You have to boot into open firmware and set the
environment variable BOOT DEVICE to the hard drive partition where yaboot
is. I’m not sure of the exact syntax but something like “setenv
BOOTDEVICE hd:2,\\yaboot” If you have trouble getting the exact
syntax, I can check for you. Let me know how this works for you. Jeremiah Richardson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Smith I'll give your procedure
a try on the next install. We ended up finally getting the other machine
to boot off of an imaged drive after playing with the openfirmware
setting. We turned the network boot off and set all the output and input
to scca. We still have an issue with the yaboot automatically booting the
image. So we turned autoboot off, so you just go through the console
server and type boot to bring the machine up as a temporary fix until we figure
out what's happening. We have another machine getting installed
very soon, so I'll give your instructions a try. I think that boot
command you listed is definitely going to come in handy. On 10/13/05, Here's how I did the installation using Yellow Dog 4.0 on an
Xserve. First, I used a serial connection to a laptop with a null modem
adapter in there. On the laptop I am running HyperTerminal. I am
using the following settings Port: Com1 (may need to use another com port) Bits per second : 57600 Data Bits: 8 Parity: None Stop bits: 1 Flow Control: Xon/Xoff Then, I connect the HyperTerminal and start the Xserve with
the first YDL CD in it. As I start the Xserve, I am holding down the
button with an exclamation mark inside of a triangle until the top LED's are
blinking in a one after the other sequence, bouncing back and forth.
Then, I release the button and push it six more times. The bottom LED
should now be on the seventh LED (or the second from the left). I push
and hold the button until I see output in the HyperTerminal on the
laptop. This should have booted the Xserve into OpenFirmware mode and
there should be a command prompt in HyperTerminal. Then, I type this into
the prompt "boot cd:,\\yaboot" and this should load the Yellow
Dog Installer. From there, this continues as a normal YDL
installation. Let me know if any of this works for you. Also, I
gained a good bit of experience with this exact situation while beating my
through it, so if you need any more help don't hesitate to ask. Jeremiah Richardson From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Chris Smith I have a
couple apple Xserves running with a 2 Ghz single G5 processor. I've
installed YDL on one of them. I had to install a video card in the
machine to be able to install the OS. I am unable to set the second
machine up in a headless configuration(using a serial connection for a
console). On the YDL webpage under platforms supported it lists Xserve
and under that there is a note that implies that to run headless, there are 2
options Y-HPC or manual configuration. Does anyone know what the manual
configuration steps are or where they are documented. I've tried quite a
few different things that have been posted in the forums as well as all over
the web with no luck.
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