Subject: Re: yaboot boot problem
From: ../randydog (yellowdog@randys.org)
Date: Tue Nov 06 2001 - 19:52:17 MST
here ya go:
hold down cmd+opt+o+f to get you into the open firmware prompt
you see this:
0>
type this:
0> boot hd:10,yaboot
that should get you into the yaboot boot loader and should fix
the problem from then on...until you zap the PRAM or something.
good luck
-randy
On Tuesday, November 6, 2001, at 03:31 PM, Jon wrote:
> Could someone tell me why YDL is refusing to boot on me? I have an iMac
> (Rev. D I think; just to make it simple, 333 mhz.;
> tray-loading, with an upgraded HD, 40 gigs) and I just got ydl
> like last week, and I've been having a tough time. After I
> would install YDL, the
> screen would either go blank after a restart (i guess open
> firmware waiting
> for the bootloader to boot, but freezing), or their would be
> the dreaded
> system folder question icon, and then it would just boot into
> OS X or 9. O
> ya, and btw, I have my partition map layed out somethin like this:
>
> hda6: Mac OS 9
> had7: Mac OS X
> hda8, had9: Extra space
> hda10: Bootloader partition
> hda11: Linux Swap
> hda12: Linux Root (the main partition)
>
> Let's see, I've done what the Install note told me to do, to
> run ybin (boot into the install cd via the boot option thing,
> and running /usr/sbin/ybin), but I don't know if I've edited
> the yaboot.conf, so I might check that out. I've tried what I
> could with going into firmware, and still nothing's happened.
> Can anyone help me???? That would really help!
>
> Many Thanks,
> Jon
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