Subject: Re: YDL install w/ multiple drives
From: C.L. Simco (clsimco@random-specific.com)
Date: Wed Jan 02 2002 - 20:39:05 MST
Avinash,
Your instinct was absolutely correct from what you "read somewhere".
In addition to what you said I watched the Black boot-load sequence
screen carefully and saw that YDL WAS INDEED seeing all of the other
Drives. Taking note of what YDL had called them, in KDE Konsole
as[root] I input :
'pdisk /dev/hde' then 'p' ....
indeed YDL sees the drive with the 2 hfs partitions as:
partition 7 darwin-bkup
partition 8 darwin-finity (the system that I want to use in MOL)
Because I am so new to command line I am proceeding very cautiously,
however if I am starting to get the hang of this then I would:
==1. Go back to step one and append " /etc/yaboot.conf " to include the
"macos=/dev/hde8"
==2. From the Konsole command promp run 'ybin" as you said in
your message to me early yesterday.
==3. Next, from the same message:
(QUOTE)
In order to run MOL, you will first need to run /usr/bin/molvconfig as root.
Then open the file /etc/molrc and read through all the options carefully,
commenting out what you don't need and un-commenting what you need.
Especially look at the section that says 'HFS volumes'. You will probably
need an entry like:
blkdev: /dev/sda1 -rw -boot
(Replace the /dev/sda1 with whatever your drive is for MacOS)
Once this is done, save the file and start MOL from the command line using :
startmol
(END QUOTE)
I'm not sure what I'll need to "comment out" etc but I'll take it a step at a time.
Thanks again for your time,
CL
Avinash Gupta wrote:
> Hmmm ... Since no SCSI devices are attached ... I have a feeling that your
> drives are not SCSI drives as your Mac OS device info shows. I read somewhere
> that the Sonnet cards make your drives APPEAR as SCSI drives in Mac OS but in
> reality they are regular ATA drives.
>
> This means that instead of appearing as /dev/sdx (where x = a, b, c, etc)
> they will appear as /dev/hdx (where x = a, b, c, etc) in Linux.
>
> Try this:
>
> make sure the pdisk package is installed:
>
> At a konsole window in KDE, as root, type:
>
> yup update pdisk
>
> To make sure pdisk got installed correctly, type:
>
> rpm -qa | grep pdisk
>
> This should print out:
>
> pdisk-0.8-2
>
> If not, then pdisk did not get installed correctly. You can still retrieve it
> by ftp from:
>
> ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/yellowdog-2.1/ppc/YellowDog/ppc/pdisk-0.8-2.ppc.rpm
>
> Install it using:
>
> rpm -ivh pdisk-0.8.2.ppc.rpm
>
> Once the pdisk package is installed, type:
>
> pdisk /dev/hda
>
> It should say:
>
> Command (? for help):
>
> Type:
>
> p (hit return)
>
> This will print the partition map (this is how it looks on my system):
>
> #: type name length base ( size )
> 1: Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1
> 2: Apple_Driver43*Macintosh 54 @ 64
> 3: Apple_Driver43*Macintosh 74 @ 118
> 4: Apple_Driver_ATA*Macintosh 54 @ 192
> 5: Apple_Driver_ATA*Macintosh 74 @ 246
> 6: Apple_FWDriver Macintosh 200 @ 320
> 7: Apple_Driver_IOKit Macintosh 512 @ 520
> 8: Apple_Patches Patch Partition 512 @ 1032
> 9: Apple_HFS "Macintosh HD" 20480000 @ 1544 ( 9.8G)
> 10: Apple_Bootstrap untitled 40961 @ 20481544 ( 20.0M)
> 11: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap 524289 @ 20522505 (256.0M)
> 12: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 untitled 37586550 @ 21046794 ( 17.9G)
>
> The entry that you are interested in above is # 9 (the HFS partition). Thus,
> in my case the Mac OS partition is /dev/hda9.
>
> If you don't see any HFS partitions on /dev/hda, quit pdisk by typing:
>
> q (hit return)
>
>
> and restart by trying:
>
> pdisk /dev/hdb
>
> Repeat the above steps until you find the partition where Mac OS is installed.
>
> -- Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
>
> On Tuesday 01 January 2002 09:13, you wrote:
> > Avinash,
> >
> > Thank you for your patience with my learning curve ;-))
> >
> > OK, logged in as [root] I input the command ...'cat /proc/scsi/scsi'
> > and the result is: attached devices: none
> > As far as the Sonnet card, yes this is the card that the 3 Mac HFS+
> > drives are attached to.
> > CL
> >
> > Avinash Gupta wrote:
> > > Open a console window in KDE and type 'cat /proc/scsi/scsi' ... what is
> > > the output you see on the screen? I am trying to find out if your SCSI
> > > drives are visible under linux ... if yes, then you should see some
> > > output with the above command. BTW, is the Sonnet PCI card your SCSI
> > > card?
> > >
> > > -- Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 01 January 2002 07:56, you wrote:
> > > > Avinash,
> > > >
> > > > I do not know what you mean. Remember I'm
> > > > just starting, VERY green. Please explain.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you
> > > > CL
> > > >
> > > > Avinash Gupta wrote:
> > > > > What is the output you get when you do a?:
> > > > > cat /proc/scsi/scsi
> > > > >
> > > > > -- Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tuesday 01 January 2002 06:58, you wrote:
> > > > > > Hi and thanks for responding to both Gordon and Avinash,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've spent the last couple of hours since Avinash
> > > > > > responded to my first message trying to do what he suggested.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Here is what happened:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When I figured out how to get into and use the Konsole in KDE
> > > > > > (took awhile to figure out how to log in as root)
> > > > > > I tried to append the " /etc/yaboot.conf " to include the
> > > > > > "macos=" line that Avinash suggested. Then it took a while to
> > > > > > figure out how to re-run the "ybin" from the command prompt. (I'm
> > > > > > really green, here)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Each time I ran the"ybin" I got an error, that told me in effect:
> > > > > > "Put in the correct path to ther device or I can do nothing to help
> > > > > > you".
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Here is the info that I used to append the /etc/yboot.conf file
> > > > > > with:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > macos=/dev/sda1
> > > > > > macos=/dev/sda1a
> > > > > >
> > > > > > As you see I'm guessing since, although I know where the device is
> > > > > > in MAC OS terms (see system info below) but not in Linux/Unix
> > > > > > terminology. I know that there two positions on the SCSI card, and
> > > > > > 3 drives. The drive/ partition that I want to use as the Mac OS is
> > > > > > named "darwin-finity". note: I do have a duplicate of that system
> > > > > > on the the partition "darwin-bkup"
> <snip>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > CL
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Gordon Neault wrote:
> > > > > > > When you startup via GUI Open Firmware, can you select the MacOS
> > > > > > > partition that way? (hold "option" key on startup).
> > > > > > > If so, then it's a bootloader configuration thing. If not,
> > > > > > > something's wrong with MacOS (partition map?).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Tuesday, January 1, 2002, at 11:35 AM, C.L. Simco wrote:
> > > > > > > > Hi, and thanks for the help in advance....
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I installed YDL 2.1 successfully, by itself, on one of
> > > > > > > > the drives in my system. <snip>
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > CURRENT SITUATION:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I can start up in YDL, move around and configure in KDE.
> > > > > > > > I can shut down in YDL.
> > > > > > > > I do not, on startup, have the option of starting in the Mac
> > > > > > > > environment
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > from the startup prompt (no "M" is displayed). I cannot find
> > > > > > > > MOL though I installed an "Everything" package.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > In order to switch to Mac, I have to Exit YDL, shut down,
> > > > > > > > disconnect the YDL drive, then restart (oddly since the YDL
> > > > > > > > installation it now takes
> > > > > > > > longer by nearly 2 min to start MAC. Seems to hang at the
> > > > > > > > screen w/ the first appearance of the cursor).
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I would like to be able to configure YDL to have the Mac, YDL,
> > > > > > > > MOL startup options, recognizing Mac on the other disk, if this
> > > > > > > > is possible.
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