Please excuse the many messages...I tried the following at the openfirmware prompt:
boot /[EMAIL PROTECTED],f2000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2,\yaboot and got the error MAC-PARTS: specified partition is not valid BOOTP/BSPD failed, no FILENAME specified|id any thoughts? wes On 6/4/05, Wesley Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ps...here/s the output of ybin -debug where root is my sdb3 mount point: > > ybin: DEBUG: macosx set to > `/[EMAIL PROTECTED],f2000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] :9' from > `/dev/sda9' > ybin: DEBUG: OS=4 > ybin: DEBUG: /bin/sh /usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot 4 bootyaboot 10 0 yaboot > GNU l /ht@ 0.f2000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2 > ,\\yaboot macosx MacOSX x / > [EMAIL PROTECTED],f2000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:9 ,\\:tbxi cd > CDROM c cd: , \\:tbxi of OpenFirmware o quit now > ybin: DEBUG: set magicboot to /tmp/ofboot.ytmPmc > ybin: DEBUG: boot-device=/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2, > \\:tbxi > > > On 6/5/05, Wesley Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi guys, thanks for the info. Here's what I've done: > > > > --mount sdb3 > > --edit yaboot.conf > > --chroot /mnt/sdb3 (where sdb3 is mounted) > > --mount -t proc none /proc > > --ybin -v > > > > I also tried > > > > --mount sdb3 > > --edit yaboot.conf > > --chroot /mnt/sdb3 (where sdb3 is mounted) > > --mount -t proc none /proc > > --exit > > --mount /mnt/sdb3 /usr/sbin/ybin > > > > neither of these have solved by booting problem. I am completely > > stumped here. Are there config files somewhere that ybin create that > > I can look for on sdb3 or sdb2 to see if my yaboot.conf changes are > > reflected in the ybin -v output? > > > > thanks, > > wes > > > > > > > > On 6/4/05, Jeff Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Wesley writes: > > > > You're right that I don't need to do the source thing. I do have a > > > > question about "chroot /mnt/ur.sdb3.mnt.pt /usr/sbin/ybin" however. > > > > By doing this command, will ybin now access the modified yaboot.conf > > > > in sdb3? What is it that chroot is doing in this command? I realize > > > > this is a basic question, but I'm kind of fuzzy on what the function > > > > of chroot is. > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > wes > > > > > > > > > > Things get complicated, and "chroot" is a way of simplifying the > > > situation. Most commands do not run in isolation, i.e. they're not > > > statically compiled nor run independent of support files. As a > > > consequence "chroot" allows you to run "that" command in the environment > > > that it was intended to run. So by doing a chroot on the ybin, you not > > > only selected the proper yaboot.conf, but also you used a different > > > ybin, i.e. the one on your installed system and not the one on the > > > ubuntu livecd. It then used the OF support files on *your* installed > > > system and everything else that your yaboot.conf is implicitly relying > > > upon. It's really pretty nifty. > > > > > > jeff > > > > > > > > >
