Re: problem with installation of YDL 2


Subject: Re: problem with installation of YDL 2
From: Patrick Callahan (pac1@tiac.net)
Date: Sat Jun 09 2001 - 19:48:31 MDT


On Saturday 09 June 2001 18:47, you wrote:
> Hi - having a problem on installing YDL 2.0 - anybody with any help -
> much appreciated.
>

> However I have three questions.
>
> 1. Any ideas why XFree86 won't load? I am a newbie and I don't know
> what to do next.
> 2. Why won't OS9.1 boot from yaboot? (where the heck is the yaboot.conf
> file?) 3. How can I REMOVE the of mods to go back to the standard one so
> the family can use the computer simply if I can't get it all to work
> proper-like.
>
> Thanks

XFree86 has a log file in /var/log/. Use the ls command to get its filename
and the cat command piped into the less command to view it.

 ls /var/log/XFree86*
/var/log/XFree86.0.log /var/log/XFree86.1.log /var/log/XFree86.9.log

cat /var/log/XFree86.0.log | less

this will show you the log file and you can look for error messages that give
clues as to what the problem is that prevented X from starting, or if it
crashed, what crashed it.

use the pg up and pg down commands to scroll a page at a time or the arrow
keys to move one line at a time.

You can do this in console mode.

For booting, first take a look at the yaboot FAQ.
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ybin/

and this link: http://www.linuxppc.org/hardware/blueg3/articles/yaboot.php3

The yaboot.conf is /etc/yaboot.conf I think it gets replaced out each time
you do a YDL 2.0 install but I'm not sure about that. What is certain is
that the conf file is just for setting up your boot partition. Once you're in
linux, you can run ybin which will take your yaboot.conf and set up your boot
partition. Remember that yaboot.conf is not used to boot with. The contents
of boot partition is used to boot. Just changing your yaboot.conf is not
enough. you have to run ybin for the changes to take effect.

Its also a good idea to make a copy of yaboot.conf in your personal
directory. it gets wiped out in /etc if you reinstall.
Your personal directory might be wiped out by reinstalling too, but that's
why you back up your personal directory on you zip disk! Its also a good
reason to put /home on a separate partition that you don't mount until after
a re-install. (but that's another story.)

If you can get linux to boot and can edit your /etc/yaboot.conf, you're well
on your way to getting things going the way you want them. Take a look at
the available faq material. Since you're new to linux, you'll probably have
lots of questions. A good place to get some answers is irc.debian.org
#mklinux.

good luck.

-pat



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