Subject: Re: Ybin inst failure on B/W G3 Rev 1
From: Patrick Callahan (pac1@tiac.net)
Date: Wed Nov 14 2001 - 03:59:24 MST
I have a Blue G3 rev 1 and it boots fine. Details below
hda9 is my yaboot partition. Anyone know if its ok to mount the yaboot
partition or does it get un-blessed or other bad things happen if you do?
Linux is installed in hda12.
If you're having trouble booting, its a good idea to include the following
info in your post.
o Your ybin version
o Your Yaboot.conf file
o a listing of what's in your /boot partition
(What else would be good to have? Anyone?)
/usr/sbin/ybin --version
ybin 1.3.4-ydl
cat /etc/yaboot.conf
# ybin options
boot=/dev/hda9
macos=/dev/hda6
macosx=/dev/hda7
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
delay=10
defaultos=linux
enablecdboot
# yaboot options
init-message="\nWelcome to Yellow Dog Linux\n\n"
timeout=50
default=linux
partition=12
# yaboot images
image=/boot/vmlinux
label=linux
root=/dev/hda12
image=/boot/vmlinux
label=linux-novideo
root=/dev/hda12
novideo
s -lah /boot
total 8.2M
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0k Nov 14 05:42 .
drwxr-xr-x 27 root root 4.0k Nov 1 20:19 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Nov 14 05:42 System.map ->
System.map-2.4.10-12a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 581k Oct 9 05:16 System.map-2.4.10-12a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Oct 24 19:12 module-info ->
module-info-2.4.10-12a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11k Oct 9 05:16 module-info-2.4.10-12a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Oct 24 19:12 vmlinux ->
vmlinux-2.4.10-12a
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4.4M Oct 9 05:16 vmlinux-2.4.10-12a
<snip> I don't use prep
On Wednesday 14 November 2001 02:34, you wrote:
> Hi folks,
> Got the latest 2.1 iso (20011105) and the install went on OK, excepted for
> yaboot.
> My config is:
> B/W G3 Revision 1 (yosemite) MacOS 9.1.
>
> After install and no yaboot prompt, I booted Linux from the CD and did the
> trick
>
> from the Inst. guide (rerun yabin). This did not work still and yaboot
> prompt did
> not show up. I checked my yaboot.conf file and it is OK.
> Then I went playing in the OpenFirmware and tried a bunch of 'boot
> hd:8,\\yaboot'
> (my bootstrap partition is on sda8) and other trials that never got me into
> Linux.
> There is definitely a problem with these Revision 1 B/W G3, it is said
> in http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/multiboot.shtml that:
> "Users of first generation New World ROM machines (original iMac, '99
> PowerBook, Blue and White G3) will need to follow more complex steps to
> get back into Linux. We will add this additional information to this topic
> in the near future. "
>
> Please can someone of YDL mail a fix for this, I am getting nuts trying
> desperatly to get yaboot working since two days with no succes!!! Heeeeelp!
>
> Bye and thanX for this killer distro anyway
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