Subject: Re: I know this has been asked, but I STILL can't get YDL to work on my powerbook
From: William K. Gibson (firstdesk@columbus.rr.com)
Date: Wed Mar 07 2001 - 13:39:26 MST
on 3/7/01 2:52 PM, Timothy Morgenthaler at tamorgen@aol.net wrote:
> What exactly do I need to do to boot Yellow dog? I'm following the
> directions, but I just cant' get Yellow dog to work. Any ideas? Thanks.
First make sure you provide the following in yaboot.conf:
image = cd:,\\\\vmlinux
label = install-novideo
initrd = cd:,\\\\ramdisk.image.gz
initrd-size=8192
novideo
This is the info needed to install off the CD.
You can find the latest files you need from:
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/bootfiles/
My newer powerbook would NOT work with the vmlinux provided. I had to get
the updated version- you may have to as well. You can find it at:
ftp://ftp.linuxberg.com/pub/distributions/Yellowdog/champion-1.2/updates/ins
tall/
Next, try this from open firmware- (forget the setenv command for a
minute...)
boot hd:9,\\yaboot
Don't ask me why you only need two slashes instead of 4 but that's the way
it is. (yaboot MUST be in your system folder for this to work).
This should bring you to a boot screen from where you can choose an image.
You can hit the tab key to see your options, but you want to type:
install-novideo
This will start the install process from the CD.
See if you can get this far and write back.
--William K. Gibson
1stDesk Systems
firstdesk@columbus.rr.com
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