Subject: Re: Yaboot on iMac-233 RevB Bondi Blue
From: Matthew Larson (ml582@columbia.edu)
Date: Tue Oct 30 2001 - 17:28:50 MST
My apologies if this is too simple or wasn't what you were looking for,
or if you've already tried this, but I think you're confusing open
firmware boots and booting from yaboot. Once you've hit 'l' to go to
the yaboot boot: prompt, you need to boot a kernel. Usually hitting
return boots the default kernel. Hit 'tab' to see a list of all
possible boot options (though you may have done that). In your case
typing vmlinux-2.2.19-1k should do it, since that looks to be a kernel
that you've got installed. Also, you definitely will boot /dev/hda11
(not the bootstrap partition /dev/hda7), but that shouldn't have to come
into play here.
If typing the kernel name doesn't work, I'd imagine it's a yaboot config
problem and you may have to boot from cd, mount your partition, and then
edit /etc/yaboot.conf. Write for instructions on this if needed.
Hope that helps,
Matt Larson
Max Wiberg wrote:
> I know this been hashed lots of times on this list but...
>
> (just cant get it to work right)
>
>
> My partitions looks like this:
>
> /dev/hda1-6 various Apple hfs/drivers partitions
>
>
> /dev/hda7 == Apple Bootstrap (50Mb)
>
> /dev/hda8 == Linux swap (370Mb)
>
>
> /dev/hda9-10 various Apple drivers partitions
>
>
> /dev/hda11 == Linux ext2 (giant 5280 Mb partition as / )
>
>
> This was made from YDL2.0 Install-cd, without a hitch.
>
> Booted from the cd, choosed custom install, etc.
>
>
> When booting into * hd:7,\\:tbxi* -- i.e.
>
> GNU/Linux menu pressing* key m* boots into Mac OS (9.2.1 swe)
>
> pressing* key l * boots into Yaboot 1.1.1 menu
>
>
> OK! What* exactly* do I type at the yaboot prompt boot:
>
> to boot into YDL2.0
>
>
> Examples that* dont* work:
>
> boot: hd:7,yaboot hd:7,\yaboot hd:7,\\yaboot
>
> hd:7,yaboot.tbxi hd:7,\yaboot.tbxi hd:7,\\yaboot.tbxi
>
> changing* 7* to* 11*
>
>
> boot: hd:11,/vmlinux root=/dev/hda11 ro
>
> hd:11,/vmlinux-2.2.19-1k root=/dev/hda11 ro
>
>
> or things like
>
>
> boot: hd:7,\\:tbxi;11/boot/vmlinux
>
> {hd:7,\\:tbxi;}11/boot/vmlinux
>
> or variations on suggestions from yaboot-menu on the theme,
>
> {prom_path;}part_no/path to kernel/image/device???
>
>
> If somebody has ideas I'd like to hear them
>
>
> Cheers Max!
>
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