On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 04:02:10PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Chris Tillman wrote: > >So you apparently have one of the dual-ide bus machines, and for some > >reason ide0 is your main hard drive rather than hd. > > > >Try creating the yaboot.conf from the earlier message in /target/etc/ > >and give ybin a shot (in the chroot). > > > > Your /target/etc/yaboot.conf should have something like > > > > boot=/dev/hde6 > > device=ide0: > > timeout=50 > > fgcolor=light-cyan > > install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot > > magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot > > macos=/dev/hde14 > > macosx=/dev/hde15 > > > > image=/vmlinux > > label=Linux > > read-only > > partition=7 > > root=/dev/hde7 > > > > chroot /target ybin -v > > ybin complained about the "light-cyan", so I changed it to "cyan". > > Then ybin complained quite a bit: > > /proc filesystem is not mounted; nvram will not be updated > unable to find OpenFirmware path for boot=/dev/hde6 > and similar message for other partitions. > > Do I need to crack the case and check out jumpers and cables on the hard > drives or something, like I'd do on the i386 architecture?
Dang. No, you've got bugs in your advice. I was trying to tell you ow to do it the 'right' way, but since proc isn't mounted in /target, it doesn't work. Here's how I always do it, which is kind of a cheap workaround but works. cp /target/etc/yaboot.conf /etc/yaboot.conf ybin -v -- *------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]
