On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 08:47:22AM -0500, Corey Kovacs wrote: > Ok, last night I realized that the problem might be that I patitioned the > drive for yellowdog using BootX to boot so I repartitioned the drive. > I tried yaboot again so I cleared out the drive with the "i" command, then > created the 800K bootstrap partition using "b", then a root partition using > "p", then 3P called it Root, then swap with "p", 4P and called it "swap", the > installer initialized and mounted everything, then I tried yaboot, no good, > again told me it was an Oldworld machine (I thought it might be a mistake if > I'd done too many things wrong, this just verified yaboot was right) so then > I went back to the partitioning, used "r" to move the bootstrap partition to > 4P, used the "make system bootable" option, then ran nvsetenv boot-device > `ofpath /dev/hda2` as hda2 was not the root instead of hda3 from a shell. > > Long story short, it still won't boot. I am going to try to do the whol > thing > over without the bootstrap partition and see how that goes. Before I venture > off, does anyoine see anything that I might have done wrong?
Well this was a side trip for you. The bootstrap partition and yaboot only work with NewWorld architectures (at least until benh gets his grubbies on quik ;-) . There are 2 main choices with your OldWorld: quik and BootX. Others have also reported problems with quik using OldWorld G3's, so probably your best bet is to just re-install a minimal MacOS and use BootX, unless you want to try some more combinations with quik first. If you're going for quik again, here are the essential steps: Install Debian GNU/Linux. When you get to the Make Hard Drive Bootable step, run it. Check what boot-device it set for you with nvsetenv If it looks OK, reboot. Type Linux if you ever get to the boot: prompt. BTW, are you using woody's boot-floppies (3.0.23)? There were many bugs fixed between potato and woody, even some bugs in quik itself. If not, it would be well worth the effort to download a couple floppy images (hfs-boot-floppy and root.bin) and try installing a system that way. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
