Subject: Re: Dual-boot script on iBook
From: Conrad M. Hirano (cmh@umail.ucsb.edu)
Date: Mon May 22 2000 - 01:13:03 MDT
on 2/6/40 5:24 AM, Michael Wilkinson at michaelwilkinson@mac.com wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> YDL is running great on my ibook using yaboot, but I can't get the
> dual-boot script, straight from the installation manual to work. Open
> Firmware returns error "can't open hd:8,\bootinfo.txt".
>
> Everything is configured properly, I can setenv or manually run
> yaboot.tbxi from O.F. with no problem, but O.F. always rejects my
> script file. Here is my script titled "bootinfo.txt": (this isn't the
> prob right now)
>
> <CHRP-BOOT>
> <COMPATIBLE>
> iMac,1 PowerMac1,1 PowerBook1,1 PowerMac2,1 PowerMac3,1 PowerBook2,1
> </COMPATIBLE>
> <DESCRIPTION>
> Yellow Dog Linux Yaboot bootloader
> </DESCRIPTION>
> <BOOT-SCRIPT>
> " get-key-map" " keyboard" open-dev $call-method
> dup 20 dump
> 5 + c@ 08 = if
> " Booting MacOS ..." cr " boot hd8:,\\:tbxi" eval
> else
> " Booting Yellow Dog Linux ..." cr " boot hd8:,\\yaboot" eval
> then
> </BOOT-SCRIPT>
> </CHRP-BOOT>
>
> At the O.F. prompt I type: setenv boot-device hd:8,\bootinfo.txt
>
> When I restart or even manually try to access the script, Open
> Firmware can't open it. What am I missing here?
>
> As always, TIA
> michael
>
> PS: My script is an ordinary text file located at the root level of
> the Mac HD, partition 8. I've tried SimpleText and BBedit to
> construct the script, with and without creator codes and file types,
> all to no avail.....HELP!!!!!!
>
> Also any syntax probs above are typos.
Perhaps this is a dumb question, but are you sure partition 8 is the right
one? On my Pismo, the first eight partitions are used by Apple for the
drivers.
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