On 27. jan 2006, at 1.38, Charles Plessy wrote:
On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 03:40:02PM +0100, Brian Durant wrote :
Here is what my yaboot conf file looks like:
## For a dual-boot menu, add one or more of:
## bsd=/dev/hdaX, macos=/dev/hdaY, macosx=/dev/hdaZ
Maybe you could look for a way to have more than one entry in the menu
for osX. This way, you could test things quicker...
Interesting issue, this. Ubuntu Dapper Flight 3 PPC started getting
too buggy. I had to keep resetting PRAM. Of course, this is to be
expected with a beta version. I went in and installed YDL 4.0.1 and
even tohough this should have been more stable, it was just as buggy
as Dapper :-0 Anyway, I copied the new yaboot.conf file as it was the
one part of the system that worked without complaint. Here it is:
# yaboot.conf generated by anaconda
boot=/dev/sda2
init-message="Welcome to Yellow Dog Linux! Hit <TAB> for boot options."
partition=3
timeout=30
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
delay=10
enablecdboot
macosx=/dev/sdb3
image=/vmlinux-2.6.10-1.ydl.1g5
label=linux
read-only
initrd=/initrd-2.6.10-1.ydl.1g5.img
root=/dev/sda4
append="rhgb quiet"
# Where's the bootstrap partition
boot=/dev/sda2
Actually, since people manage to have a dual boot with osX on the
first
drive, do you really need to have linux on this one? What about
swapping
them and following the instruction you found on the web?
macosx=/dev/sdb3
maybe you could paste the result of the ofpath command here instead of
/dev/sdb3
For all of the documentation on yaboot on the net, it actually seems
quite limited as to the functions that are documented. For example,
how can you do a devalias command and then save the output to your HD
or print it?
I printed it with a pen :) But did you try to run /usr/sbin/ofpath
/dev/sdb?
Anyway, my main task at this time is to solve the "device"
issue so that I can boot into OS X without having to start from the
OF graphic mode with the option key held down at startup.
If I were you, I would try to swap the drives, and to reinstall
everything if necessary, exactly like on the howto you found (with the
same install CD for linux if possible).
So now, I am planing to install a vanilla Debian 31r1a-powerpc net
install.
Many thanks,
Brian
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