Subject: Re: ybin/yaboot not loading at startup
From: Patrick Ladam (ladam@smbh.smbh.univ-paris13.fr)
Date: Mon Nov 19 2001 - 12:51:25 MST
Chaz Kelsh wrote:
> I'm on a PMG4/867 with two drives, hda - the main 40Gb drive (with 15GB for linux), and hdg - a 40GB drive connected to a Sonnet Tempo ATA66 card with OS X and OS 9.
>
> After burning a CD of "fuji-2.1-20011105-install.iso", I installed Linux and configured ybin/yaboot through the custom installer, with my OS 9 and OS X partitions inputed.
>
> So I would expect the computer to boot into the ybin menu, but the installer apparently didn't set the NVRAM to do that. The bootstrap partition is at /dev/hda11 in Linux. I've tried setting it myself (setenv boot-device hd:11,\\:tbxi) in Open Firmware to no avail. As it is, I've no way to get into Linux.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> --
> Chaz Kelsh
> ckelsh@home.com
Please read my mail " Ybin inst failure on B/W G3 Rev 1: SOLVED!!!!!! " you might have the
same problem than me. This might save you a few days debugging, pulling you hair off...
Bye
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