On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 12:22:31PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > The files yaboot, yaboot.conf, root.bin and linux copied to the > 2nd partition. Then I can boot with "boot hd:10,yaboot" > and get into the installer. > However after deleting the big HFS partition and creating > Apple_bootstrap (with b) and swap (1GB) with c and / 19GB with c > the kernel panics.
kernel panics after writing the partition table are common, and not really harmful (just annoying) its actually panicing when mac-fdisk asks the kernel to reread the partition table. after a reboot the partition table is almost always fine and properly written. > OF can then send me to "boot hd:12,yaboot", which boots the kernel > but panics when trying to mount the root ramdisk. i think this is due to 3.0.13's root disk being corrupt. i have found that the powerpc root disk is too large so its getting trunicated when written into the 1.44MB image. > If I use pdisk for MacOS and do the partitions I get the same > symptoms. pdisk for macos is broken dont use it. > Questions: > Do you think mac-fdisk(aka pdisk) might not create good partitions > due to the size of the harddisk? Is there a way to find out? > Obviously apple's OF does not have a problem with this, but the > linux kernel (tried 2.2.18) has. mac-fdisk in woody creates good partition tables, the one in potato did not unless you paid attention and did it right (mac-fdisk-basics explains the issue). > It there a way to boot from an ext2 partition directly from the > yaboot prompt? How would the syntax be? boot: hd:3,/boot/vmlinux root=/dev/hda3 ro > Am I missing something crutial here? please send output from mac-fdisk -l /dev/hda (you managed to boot it once -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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