On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 03:28:26PM -0500, Pedro Sanchez wrote: > On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 20:00 +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > > 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. > > > To run these commands I boot from the CD and get all the partitions > mounted. Then I exit to a shell from the main installer menu. Therefore, > could it be that because all these partitions on the second drive are > mounted at that point, the ofpath command simply returns an abbreviated > version of the full path? It shouldn't. I'm quite sure this is a bug in ofpath. > I went to the openfirmware boot and listed the devices (dev /, ls). This > is the hierarchy that I see (just the sata-relevant lines): > > /[EMAIL PROTECTED],f2000000 > /[EMAIL PROTECTED] > /[EMAIL PROTECTED] > /[EMAIL PROTECTED] > /[EMAIL PROTECTED] > /[EMAIL PROTECTED] > /[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I put the full path in the device=xxx section of yaboot config, run ybin > again, rebooted, and nothing new happens. Still in the same loop between > the graphical and text boot menus. try setting
ofboot=/[EMAIL PROTECTED],f2000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2 in your yaboot.conf. This tells the first stage ofboot.b where to look for the yaboot binary. > > Any other ideas? You can try booting the second stage yaboot from OF like this: boot /[EMAIL PROTECTED],f2000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2,\yaboot Gaudenz
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