2010/10/1 Gunther Furtado <gunfurt...@gmail.com>: > > Em 30Set2010 (quinta), Tiresia Giuno <tires...@googlemail.com> disse: > >> >> >> >> On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:56:49 +0200 >> Benjamin Cama <ben...@free.fr> wrote: >> > Hi everyone, >> > >> > So, yaboot in debian is currently suffering from a lot of problems, >> > and until now we were only talking about it. Here is some code to >> > test it, now to really see what's still causing problems and what's >> > solved. >> > >> > Here is the (temporary) place where you can find it : >> > http://benoar.fdn.fr/yaboot/ >> > >> > It contains a .deb and the git repository I used to build it >> > (beware, there's a lot of cruft in it caused by my experiments with >> > git and debian packaging; I lack experience in both). It basically >> > an up-to-date yaboot (1.3.16) + debian modifications from 1.3.13a >> > (some were already integrated upstream) + Rogério Brito's debian >> > packaging enhancements + some patches (namely Rick Thomas' quotes >> > and spaces fix for latest linux-base, and the no /proc/ide fix >> > (which IMHO fixes nothing interesting, but still)) + fixes of mine >> > (mainly debian packaging). >> > >> > Everything should be "nicely" commited, and there's a separate >> > branch with fixes but no debian stuff for upstream to pick up from >> > (debian-yaboot) which was forked from repository's 1.3.13 (you'll >> > see tags to get from here to the debian-1.3.13a version, then to >> > this most recent debian-yaboot). The branch containing the full >> > package stuff is debian-yaboot-packaging (yes, nothing standard) >> > and master is actually the upstream (from ozlabs). And I forgot to >> > merge the debian-yaboot-with-doc branch which contains the HTML >> > documentation, please excuse me for that, it will be in the next >> > one. >> > >> > If you want to build it yourself : >> > git-buildpackage --git-upstream-branch=master \ >> > --git-debian-branch=debian-yaboot-packaging >> > >> > Still, I may have done some mistakes, and need advices on packaging >> > (I tried to listen to lintian as much as possible). >> > >> > Please test it and report bugs/suggestions on this ML. >> > >> > Message to Aurélien: it would be nice if you could comment on this >> > and help getting yaboot updated. Uploading that without you would be >> > painfull, please answer to this email. >> > >> > Regards, >> > benjamin >> > >> > >> Hi everyone, >> >> and thanks a lot to Benjam for his work! >> >> I downloaded and installed the file yaboot_1.3.16-1.1_powerpc.deb from >> the link you submitted. I have a PowerMac G5 Dual 2.3 GHz (late 2005) >> running Debian Lenny and MacOSX 10.5 >> >> I let just the package installer installing yaboot. After that I ran >> ofpath and it detected correctly my two SATA Drivers. >> >> After that I ran yabootconfig. It creates a yaboot.conf but it stops >> immediately without running mkofboot. Last massage: >> 'yabootconfig: yaboot is not installed correctly, not running >> mkofboot' >> > > same here! > >> Checking the generated yaboot.conf shows that it fails to detect the >> old kernel (no image=/boot/vmlinux.old section) and the MacOSX system. >> > > > the newly generated yaboot.conf uses the old terminology: > ---- > cat /etc/yaboot.conf > ## yaboot.conf generated by yabootconfig 1.0.8 > ## > ## run: "man yaboot.conf" for details. Do not make changes until you > have!! > ## see also: /usr/share/doc/yaboot/examples for example configurations. > ## ## For a dual-boot menu, add one or more of: > ## bsd=/dev/hdaX, macos=/dev/hdaY, macosx=/dev/hdaZ > > boot=/dev/hda6 > device=/p...@80000000/mac...@10/i...@20000/d...@0: > partition=7 > root=/dev/hda9 > timeout=30 > install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot > magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot > > image=/vmlinux > label=Linux > read-only > initrd=/initrd.img > initrd-size=8192 > azul:~# ybin -v > ybin: Finding OpenFirmware device path to `/dev/hda6'... > ybin: Installing first stage bootstrap /usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot > onto /dev/hda6... ybin: Installing primary > bootstrap /usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot onto /dev/hda6... ybin: > Installing /etc/yaboot.conf onto /dev/hda6... ybin: Setting attributes > on ofboot... ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot... > ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot.conf... > ybin: Blessing /dev/hda6 with Holy Penguin Pee... > ybin: Updating OpenFirmware boot-device variable in nvram... > azul:~# > ----- >> Then I ran 'ybin -v' that installed correctly the new generated >> yaboot.conf. As expected, the first yaboot prompt doesn't show any >> x option (for MacOSX) >> >> I resumed my old yaboot.conf running again 'ybin -v' - which worked >> correctly. >> > > ok! >
forgot to mention it is an iMac G3 (300MHz) thanks everyone! cheers, -- "...agora, só nos sobrou o futuro...", visto em www.manuchao.net Gunther Furtado Curitiba - Paraná - Brasil gunfurt...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimaay2jad-zr0pkxnzzhd_rtp02wotwjgkt1...@mail.gmail.com
