Subject: Re: Basic question (resend)
From: David Salinas (rdsalinas@home.com)
Date: Fri Jun 16 2000 - 07:07:11 MDT
Yasir, here's a better yaboot.conf file without all the wrap arounds.
timeout = 5
default = linux
image = hd:8,\vmlinux
label = linux
root = /dev/hda11
novideo
Sincerely, R. David Salinas
Yasir wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to install YDL CS 1.2 a couple of weeks back and found that BootX
> didn't work on my iMac DV with MacOS 9.0.3. I was told that I needed yaboot.
> So I looked at the yaboot FAQ and found that in order to install yaboot I
> need to run linux. But how can I run linux?
>
> I have actually installed linux (by booting the Mac off the CD) but I have
> no way of booting into my installation. Is there a way a of booting into my
> installation by booting off the CD? If so how? My installation is on
> partition hda11. When I got the boot: prompt on booting off the CD, instead
> of typing 'install' I typed hda11/boot/ (and other variations) but it kept
> saying 'device not found'.
>
> Can someone please give me simple instructions for installing linux in my
> system? The yaboot FAQ is either too cryptic or for people who've already
> successfuly installed linux on PPCs before and know a lot about this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Yasir
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