Re: yabootconfig fails on B&W G3
On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 04:02:10PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> Chris Tillman wrote:
> >So you apparently have one of the dual-ide bus machines, and for some
> >reason ide0 is your main hard drive rather than hd.
> >
> >Try creating the yaboot.conf from the earlier message in /target/etc/
> >and give ybin a shot (in the chroot).
> >
> > Your /target/etc/yaboot.conf should have something like
> >
> > boot=/dev/hde6
> > device=ide0:
> > timeout=50
> > fgcolor=light-cyan
> > install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
> > magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
> > macos=/dev/hde14
> > macosx=/dev/hde15
> >
> > image=/vmlinux
> > label=Linux
> > read-only
> > partition=7
> > root=/dev/hde7
> >
> > chroot /target ybin -v
>
> ybin complained about the "light-cyan", so I changed it to "cyan".
>
> Then ybin complained quite a bit:
>
> /proc filesystem is not mounted; nvram will not be updated
> unable to find OpenFirmware path for boot=/dev/hde6
> and similar message for other partitions.
>
> Do I need to crack the case and check out jumpers and cables on the hard
> drives or something, like I'd do on the i386 architecture?
Dang. No, you've got bugs in your advice.
I was trying to tell you ow to do it the 'right' way, but since proc
isn't mounted in /target, it doesn't work. Here's how I always do it,
which is kind of a cheap workaround but works.
cp /target/etc/yaboot.conf /etc/yaboot.conf
ybin -v
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