On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 10:35:18AM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote: > > > >Try, first: ybin -v to see if any errors are reported. > I ran "/usr/sbin/ybin -b /dev/hda2 -v" and was asked if I wanted to > create an HFS partition. I first answered No and it aborted; so I ran > it again answering Yes and everything seemed to work fine - no errors > reported.
So, it sounds like it didn't recognize your bootstrap partition? Is there a new partition shown by mac-fdisk -l? Or maybe the existing filesystem was corrupt on your partition, and ybin couldn't recognize it. > >Then mkofboot -v so the bootstrap partition filesystem is > >re-created. > I then ran "mkofboot -b /dev/hda2 -v" and that seemed to work fine. > > I have progress of sorts in that it will now boot into OSX (without > having to hold Option on start-up) but I still need OF (Cmd+Opt+O+F) to > boot Linux. So I haven't, as yet, seen the yaboot menu in action ;-) Still the same error message when you don't hold the option key? List out what ybin is creating for your boot menu code with (as root): mount -t hfs /dev/hda2 /mnt cat /mnt/ofboot.b > ~/menzies-G4 cat /etc/fstab >> ~/menzies-G4 cat /mnt/yaboot.conf >> ~/menzies-G4 cat /proc/cpuinfo >> ~/menzies-G4 umount /mnt Take a look at the resulting file, you'll see the message in there that you're seeing, and see if what it's saying makes sense. Then send the file to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to see if Ethan can help. But wait... There was a recent revision of yaboot having something to do with G4s ... the Windtunnel and XServe models. First, try downloading the most recent yaboot from penguinppc.org/projects/yaboot to see if that fixes the problem. -- "The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what we should do with software engineers. They put the designer under the bridge, and then they marched over it." -- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003
