Subject: Re: G3 2000 Firewire Laptop (Pismo) INSTALL PROBLEM
From: Josh Davidson (josdav@tfn.net)
Date: Sat Sep 23 2000 - 13:30:17 MDT
Steve,
try boot hd:9,yaboot.tbxi
i had to do it this way on my pismo to get it to work.
-- josh
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Steve Moitozo II wrote:
> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 23:35:41 -0400
> From: Steve Moitozo II <stephen@moitozo.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: G3 2000 Firewire Laptop (Pismo) INSTALL PROBLEM
>
> I'm trying to install YDL 1.2 on my brand new G3 PowerBook 400Mhz / 320mg
> RAM / 10gig / DVD / 56k / firewire / USB / etc.
> I've read everything I could find about this procedure and have followed it
> to the "t", yet now matter how many times I try it does not work.
>
> Here's what I've done:
>
> I have been following the install procedure at:
> http://modctek.com/linux_report.htm
>
> 1) I began by using Drive Setup to initialize the hard drive with 4
> partitions:
> Bootstrap MacOS Standard 32mg
> Macintosh HD MacOS Extended 6000mg (6gig)
> Linux Root A/UX Root 3040mg
> Linux Swap A/UX Swap 128mg
>
> I did it in this exact order
>
> 2) Next I installed a stripped down MacOS on Macintosh HD so I could boot
> the machine and do the next steps
>
> 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
>
> 3) I downloaded the patched kernel from
> http://ppclinux.apple.com/~benh/vmlinux-2.2.15pre14-ben1.gz
> Then I downloaded MacGzip from
> http://helpdesk.uvic.ca/how-to/support/mac/gzip/macgzip113.hqx (because the
> other link timed out)
> After all this I dropped the kernel onto MacGzip and it unzipped it. I then
> copied it to the root of bootstrap
>
> 4) I opened yaboot.conf and edited it to read:
>
> init-message = "\nWelcome to Yellow Dog Linux!\nHit <TAB> for boot
> options.\n\n"
> timeout = 150
> default = install
>
> image = hd:9,vmlinux-2.2.15pre14-ben1
> label = install
> initrd = hd:9,ramdisk.image.gz
> initrd-size = 8192
> append = "video=aty128fb:vmode:17"
>
> 5) I then rebooted the machine while holding down CMD-OPT-O-F
> Once I got the prompt I typed:
>
> boot hd:9,yaboot
>
> THIS IS WHERE EVERYTHING FAILS---
>
> Each time I get the following error:
>
> "can't OPEN: hd:9,yaboot
> ok
> 0 > _"
>
> So I went on to try different drive numbers I would go back to the
> yaboot.conf file and change the hd:9,vmlinux-2.2.15pre14-ben1 to
> hd:11,vmlinux-2.2.15pre14-ben1 (I tried hd:1, hd:2, hd:3, hd:4, hd:5, hd:6,
> hd:7, hd:8, hd:10, hd:11, hd:12, hd:13, etc)
>
> Can anyone help? I would greatly appreciate it. I hope I've given enough
> info.
>
> Steve Moitozo
>
> stephen@moitozo.com
> http://www.moitozo.com
> "The Windows Assimilator"
>
>
>
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