Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-15 Thread Steven DuBois
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 12:28:51AM +0200, Michal wrote: > > > I mailed this list a couple weeks ago about yaboot returning to a grey > > screen when I try to boot both OS X and Linux. Well, the problem is > > still there and I have been trying to fix it for a long time now. > > I have what loo

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-15 Thread Steven DuBois
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 12:28:51AM +0200, Michal wrote: > > > I mailed this list a couple weeks ago about yaboot returning to a grey > > screen when I try to boot both OS X and Linux. Well, the problem is > > still there and I have been trying to fix it for a long time now. > > I have what loo

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-15 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Sun, Jun 15 2008, at 01:21 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > My two cents to the discution : > what gives you the following command : > nvsetenv boot-device > mine returns : > boot-device=hd:2,yaboot # nvsetenv boot-device boot-device=/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-14 Thread grave
Hi, My two cents to the discution : what gives you the following command : nvsetenv boot-device mine returns : boot-device=hd:2,yaboot If you don't have this just do : nvsetenv boot-device hd:2,yaboot Before doing this I had problem with the openfirmware env variable set to something I didn't full

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-14 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Sat, Jun 14 2008, at 15:38 -0400, Steven DuBois wrote: > > my yaboot.conf looks like this > > boot=/dev/sdb2 > device=/[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > partition=4 > root=/dev/sdb4 > timeout=100 > magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot > install=/usr/lib/yaboot > enablecdboot > macosx=/dev/sdb3 > > image=/boot

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-14 Thread Michal
> I mailed this list a couple weeks ago about yaboot returning to a grey > screen when I try to boot both OS X and Linux. Well, the problem is > still there and I have been trying to fix it for a long time now. I have what looks like the same problem for a long time too. While I would love to

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-14 Thread Steven DuBois
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 01:12:23AM +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > On Mon, Jun 09 2008, at 15:16 -0400, Steven DuBois wrote: > > ofpath just shows a colon and sdb# after /[EMAIL PROTECTED]: (ofpath > > /dev/sdb2 shows /[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2) > > > How does your yaboot.conf look like? > > What e

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-09 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Mon, Jun 09 2008, at 15:16 -0400, Steven DuBois wrote: > ofpath just shows a colon and sdb# after /[EMAIL PROTECTED]: (ofpath > /dev/sdb2 shows /[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2) How does your yaboot.conf look like? What error messages does the system give you when trying to boot? Is there anything else

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-09 Thread Rogério Brito
Please, Steven, don't top-post. On Jun 09 2008, Steven DuBois wrote: > ofpath just shows a colon and sdb# after /[EMAIL PROTECTED]: (ofpath /dev/sdb2 > shows /[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2) Great that now you are not mounting the disk anymore. :-) > mac-fdisk /dev/sdb shows the following > /dev/sdb >

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-09 Thread Steven DuBois
ofpath just shows a colon and sdb# after /[EMAIL PROTECTED]: (ofpath /dev/sdb2 shows /[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2) mac-fdisk /dev/sdb shows the following /dev/sdb # type namelength base ( size ) sytem /dev/sdb1 Apple_partition_map Apple

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-08 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Sun, Jun 08 2008, at 22:44 -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > On Jun 08 2008, Gunther Furtado wrote: > > Alternatively, you could try booting into openfirmware (Opt+Command+O+F > > just after the shime) and issuing "dev / ls" and "devalias" to determine > > the correct path to your disk. > > Yes

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-08 Thread Rogério Brito
On Jun 08 2008, Gunther Furtado wrote: > Alternatively, you could try booting into openfirmware (Opt+Command+O+F > just after the shime) and issuing "dev / ls" and "devalias" to determine > the correct path to your disk. Yes, that is the most hassle free solution, as it does not require bootin

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-08 Thread Gunther Furtado
Wolfgang Pfeiffer escreveu: On Sun, Jun 08 2008, at 17:17 -0400, Steven DuBois wrote: I did try ybin -v and it ran fine. Should i try to change the device to what you have? I have a Dual 1.8Ghz Power Mac G5. There's a tool on Debian called ofpath. It finds you the correct Openfirmware

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-08 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Steven. On Jun 08 2008, Steven DuBois wrote: > Debian was installed on /dev/sdb4, so i mounted it, chroot'd it and > ran macfdisk /dev/sdb4 and then p. It then said that no partition map > exists. Indeed, that's because you mounted the partition. You should run macfdisk (or whatever it is cal

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-08 Thread Steven DuBois
Debian was installed on /dev/sdb4, so i mounted it, chroot'd it and ran macfdisk /dev/sdb4 and then p. It then said that no partition map exists. Not entirely sure what to do here and I dont want to make a mistake. On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 01:11:27AM +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > On Sun, Ju

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-08 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Sun, Jun 08 2008, at 17:17 -0400, Steven DuBois wrote: > I did try ybin -v and it ran fine. Should i try to change the device to what > you have? I > have a Dual 1.8Ghz Power Mac G5. There's a tool on Debian called ofpath. It finds you the correct Openfirmware path to your bootstrap partitio

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-08 Thread Steven DuBois
I did try ybin -v and it ran fine. Should i try to change the device to what you have? I have a Dual 1.8Ghz Power Mac G5. On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 10:48:27PM +0200, Samy Mezani wrote: > Your device seems wrong and yaboot can't be started by openfirmware. > For example, in mine yaboot.conf : > dev

Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists

2008-06-08 Thread Samy Mezani
Your device seems wrong and yaboot can't be started by openfirmware. For example, in mine yaboot.conf : device=/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Have you try "sudo ybin -v" in terminal ? Samy Steven DuBois a écrit : I mailed this list a couple weeks ago ab