On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, CaRLoS mOGUeL wrote: > In that time the yaboot loader was in /dev/hd8 - The > MacOS side (inside the system folder with the > yaboot.conf and the vmlinux file) ... the thing is > that now I am trying to do it the right way !!!.
Ok. That's different... > somethig like this in the yaboot.conf ? ... > > boot=/dev/hda6 //bootstrap partition You'll want this to be a separate 800k partition of type 'Apple_Bootstrap' for this - if that's still your MacOS partition, that will be ugly... (it'll wipe it out) > device=hd: > partition=8 // linux partition - number 7 for swap > root=/dev/hda8 You should also have the: install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot lines in your yaboot.conf, so that the installer knows where the yaboot loader binary and the ofboot bootscript generator are. (Change them to the appropriate locations as needed.) > append="video=atyfb:mode:800x600-8" > read-only > image=/vmlinux > label=Linux > Where do I have to copy the yaboot loader and the > yaboot.conf file ? ... Do I have to copy just the > kernel in the linux partition (/dev/hda8)?. You use the 'mkofboot' script, which makes a clean HFS image on the bootstrap partition, then copies the yaboot loader, yaboot.conf, and a generated (by ofboot) script, called ofboot.b, that generates the boot selector (and provides a badge or icon image on newer systems that support the Option boot selector). As I said, read the yaboot.conf and mkofboot manpages for all the necessary info before you do anything more. And maybe use the 'yabootconfig' script for generating the config file... Derrik Pates | Sysadmin, Douglas School | #linuxOS on EFnet [EMAIL PROTECTED] | District (dsdk12.net) | #linuxOS on OPN
