On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 09:42:45AM -0500, Pedro Sanchez wrote: > On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 11:10 +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 02:39:48PM -0800, Brad Boyer wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 10:13:17AM -0500, Pedro Sanchez wrote: > > > > 4. /target/etc/yaboot.config (as installed by the d-i): > > > > > > > > boot=/dev/sdb2 > > > > device=/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > > > > This last line seems odd. My G5 has only one disk and has a very > > > similar line for device. That makes me think that it isn't getting > > > the right OF path for /dev/sdb2. I would have expected the second > > > drive to be on the second sata channel. Without having a second > > > device on sata on my G5, I can't really test, but it seems worth > > > investigating for someone who knows the installer better. > > > > The installer uses ofpath to translate from device nodes to open > > firmware paths. Pedro: Can you run the following commands in Linux: > > > > ofpath /dev/sda > > ofpath /dev/sdb > > > Here's what I get: > > #ofpath /dev/sda > /[EMAIL PROTECTED],f2000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > #ofpath /dev/sdb > /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
This look strange to me. Is /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]: a valid OF path on your system? Comparing it to the first path it seems to miss some components. > > So indeed it seems that ofpath has decided that both sata drives are > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" :| > > I manually edited the yaboot config file to have > > device=/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > and then I run the command > chroot /target > ybin --config /etc/yaboot.conf -b /dev/sdb2 These options to ybin shouldn't be neccessary, but I don't think that this will solve your problem. Does the path /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]: exist on your system or is this just a guess? Gaudenz
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