Subject: Re: G3 2000 Firewire Laptop (Pismo) INSTALL PROBLEM
From: Steve Moitozo II (stephen@moitozo.com)
Date: Fri Sep 22 2000 - 22:17:30 MDT
Bless YOU!!!!
Steve Moitozo
stephen@moitozo.com
http://www.moitozo.com
"The Windows Assimilator"
> From: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 00:04:43 -0400 (EDT)
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Re: G3 2000 Firewire Laptop (Pismo) INSTALL PROBLEM
>
> Thank you for that very descriptive email. It was a refreshing change. ;)
>
> On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Steve Moitozo II wrote:
>>
>> 3) I started the machine (booted from Macintosh HD) and inserted YDL Install
>> disk and copied the following items into the root of Bootstrap:
>> yaboot.tbxi
>> yaboot.conf
>> ramdisk.image.gz
>
> [snip]
>
>> 5) I then rebooted the machine while holding down CMD-OPT-O-F
>> Once I got the prompt I typed:
>>
>> boot hd:9,yaboot
>
> Your yaboot is named 'yaboot.tbxi' (according to #3), but you're trying to run
> 'yaboot'. Pick one and stick to it (I'd recommend just 'yaboot'). :)
>
> Assuming your bootstrap partition is #9 (which it may or may not be - Drive
> Setup doesn't give enough detail there) then you should be set.
>
> -Hollis
>
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