I have found the problem with the ALLOC-MEM request too large issue in recent versions of OF. for now here is a patch for /usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot this will be fixed in the next version of ybin. (which i doubt will make it into woody).
Index: ofboot =================================================================== RCS file: /home/eb/cvs/ybin/ofboot,v retrieving revision 1.1 diff -u -r1.1 ofboot --- ofboot 2001/06/24 08:57:50 1.1 +++ ofboot 2001/08/04 12:48:33 @@ -345,9 +345,6 @@ drop \" \"(0d 0a)\" .printf $DEFAULTOS </BOOT-SCRIPT> -<OS-VOLUME-NAME> -$OFBOOTNAME -</OS-VOLUME-NAME> $OFBOOTICON </CHRP-BOOT>\n" > "$TMPBOOT" -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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