I'm using a G5. I can get to the yaboot menu, but no further. To get further, I have to edit yaboot.conf. Is there a way to access it from the menu? Otherwise, are there any other techniques besides using a live Ubuntu disc?
thanks, wes On 5/31/05, Mike S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wesley Smith wrote: > > >I'm curious as to how it was done by someone else on this list back in > >February. By what they wrote in the thread, they seemed to be able to > >access the yaboot.conf from a shell obtained from the installer after > >mounting the drive. I need to do the same thing on my system since I > >installed debian on the 2nd drive. Here's the reference: > > > >http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2005/02/msg00081.html > > > >wes > > > >On 5/31/05, Jack Malmostoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 06:10:07 +0200, james houston wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>What is the best direction to go then? > >>> > >>> > >>This kind of sucks, since it's not enough to edit yaboot.conf but you also > >>have to issue "ybin" on the CLI (that's why I hope Grub2 comes as soon as > >>possible). > >> > >>Try booting with a livecd (Ubuntu's will do just fine), chroot yourself > >>into your linux partition and make all the changes you need. You will > >>probably need to mount also your /proc filesystem (I remember I had to > >>when I was in your situation). > >> > >>Good luck! > >> > >>-- > >>Best Regards, Jack > >>Linux user #264449 > >>Now on iBook! > >> > >> > >>-- > >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > In these new powerbooks are you not able to open OpenFirmware at boot > anymore I do not know how to edit the yaboot.conf file, from OS X, but > I know that I have always been able to use a simple boot argument from > yaboot, and to get there I have aways used option at boot if the yaboot > partition isn't activley bootable. Ofcourse if you can't even get into > the part after hitting l then I don't know, except that if you hold > command option o f at boot then open firmware should boot up into which > you should be able to enter a direct boot kernel, bypassing yaboot, [I > think] someone correct me if I'm wrong > > --Mike S >
