Re: yaboot error - load size is too small

[Steve Richter <StephenRichter@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 08:55:41 -0400, Derrik Pates <dpates@dsdk12.net> wrote:
> Steve Richter wrote:
> > The 4 files ( yaboot, yaboot.conf, root.bin, linux.bin ) have been
> > copied to the root level of the hard drive.
> >
> > boot the iMac to the open firmware prompt
> >
> > run the command:
> >  boot  hd:0,yaboot
> 
> There's no partition 0, _ever_, with an Apple partition map. It doesn't
> exist. You should do 'boot hd:,\\yaboot' instead. Not specifying a
> partition number will cause it to search for a volume with a filesystem
> it knows, and \\ tells it "look in the blessed directory" - which trust
> me, is important...

I do trust you! 

at the firmware prompt I typed:
  boot hd:,\\yaboot

got back:
  cant OPEN: hd:,\\yaboot

Why cant it open yaboot?

is there an open firmware command that shows all the file systems?

The contents of the Mac HD folder ( the root folder? ) on this system is:
   System folder
  Applications
  yaboot
  yaboot.conf
  linux.bin
  root.bin

thanks,

-Steve