On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 12:50:18AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear All, > > I've just been searching for a day or so, but not found the solution. > I've downloaded all the files from patato/disks-powerpc/current/powermac > I've downloaded and installed the latest yaboot and i seem to be able > to boot into a linux kernel (the one called linux from patato) > BUT... It all stops here. I can recall from my i386 installs that you > need to boot from rescue.bin and mount root.bin. But my G4 400 doesn't > have a useable floppy-drive. > What kind of configuration do I need to boot into the installation > process.
You will need to tell yaboot to use a ramdisk, that's all. Add "initrd=path/to/ramdisk.image.gz" and initrd-size=8192 to the yaboot.conf or at the command line. Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/
