Subject: Re: YDL install w/ multiple drives
From: C.L. Simco (clsimco@random-specific.com)
Date: Thu Jan 03 2002 - 00:03:08 MST
Hey there,
OK, I proceeded cautiously with the below steps and when
I edit..... " /etc/yaboot.conf " to include the
"macos=/dev/hde8"
then from the Konsole command prompt run 'ybin"
I get the following message:
(quote)
of path: device: /dev/hde8 is not supported
ybin: unable to determine the real open firmware path
for macos/dev/hde8
ybin: try specifying the real open firmware path for
/etc yaboot.conf
(end quote)
Boot screen sees and labels the drive, pdisk as well...
I have no idea how to "specify the "Real Path"...
Thanks for your time and brain power...
CL
"C.L. Simco" wrote:
> 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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