Re: d-i on a second hard drive in a G5
On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 11:10 +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 02:39:48PM -0800, Brad Boyer wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 10:13:17AM -0500, Pedro Sanchez wrote:
> > > 4. /target/etc/yaboot.config (as installed by the d-i):
> > >
> > > boot=/dev/sdb2
> > > device=/k2-sata@0/disk@0:
> >
> > This last line seems odd. My G5 has only one disk and has a very
> > similar line for device. That makes me think that it isn't getting
> > the right OF path for /dev/sdb2. I would have expected the second
> > drive to be on the second sata channel. Without having a second
> > device on sata on my G5, I can't really test, but it seems worth
> > investigating for someone who knows the installer better.
>
> The installer uses ofpath to translate from device nodes to open
> firmware paths. Pedro: Can you run the following commands in Linux:
>
> ofpath /dev/sda
> ofpath /dev/sdb
>
Here's what I get:
#ofpath /dev/sda
/ht@0,f2000000/pci@5/k2-sata-root@c/k2-sata@0/disk@0:
#ofpath /dev/sdb
/k2-sata@0/disk@0:
So indeed it seems that ofpath has decided that both sata drives are
"sata@0" :|
I manually edited the yaboot config file to have
device=/k2-sata@1/disk@0:
and then I run the command
chroot /target
ybin --config /etc/yaboot.conf -b /dev/sdb2
Unfortunately this doesn't change anything. Selecting "l" in the text
boot menu still sends me back to the graphical boot menu. Maybe the ybin
command that I used is not right?
--
Pedro
> My guess is that ofpath does not output the correct path for your second
> harddisk. You can see the whole open firmware device-tree in
> /proc/device-tree or by entering open firmware and issuing
>
> dev /
> ls
>
> If my guess is correct and ofpath does not give you the correct device
> path then please file a bug on the yaboot package, which contains
> ofpath.
>
> BTW, you can directly load the second-stage yaboot from open firmware
> with something like this:
>
> boot openFirmwarePath:partition,\yaboot
>
> If you are new to OpenFirmware you will find some usefull information on
> http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.powerpc/ch05s01.html
> (look into the usb booting section)
>
> Gaudenz
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