On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 04:21:38AM +0100, Noah Slater wrote: > Hello, > > Eventually I got to the partitioning screen. After opting to erase the > whole disk and then being asked what type of setup I would like the > installer presented me with the following information of it's intended > partitioning: > > #1 32.8 KB Apple > #2 1.0 MB boot untitled > #3 244.8 GB ext3 untitled / > #4 6.2GB ext3 swap swap This looks OK. > > --------------------------- > First Stage GNU/Linux Bootstrap > > Press l for GNU/Linux, > c for CDROM > > Stage 1 boot: l > > Loading second stage bootstrap... > --------------------------- > > At this point, the same flashing question mark/folder icon came up. > Nothing happened for a minute or so and then the screen reset it's > self - presenting me with the same initial option. This means that the first stage yaboot (the ofboot.b OpenFirmare script) is unable to load the second stage. The root cause of this is probably that the ofpath utility does not correctly identify the OpenFirmware path to your Bootstrap partition (where the yaboot second stage is installed). I think we already solved a similiar problem once on the debian-powerpc list. You can find my description on how to find the correct OF path in http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2005/02/msg00049.html Probably it is the best approach to first try to get the into OF and to try to boot the second stage yaboot directly from there. Like this you can find out the correct OF path and then later fix your yaboot.conf. I guess that the real bug lies in the ofpath utility. If you can confirm this please report a bug on the yaboot package or add your information to #294081 if you think that it is the same issue. Gaudenz -- Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. ~ Samuel Beckett ~
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