On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 01:44:19AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > > Here are several patches to fix some things up on powerpc/powermac: > > todo.diff - bootloader setup corrections, and update re yabootconfig er small fix to todo.diff, new diff attached. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
Index: todo
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RCS file: /cvs/debian-boot/boot-floppies/todo,v
retrieving revision 1.89
diff -u -r1.89 todo
--- todo 2001/05/28 01:50:35 1.89
+++ todo 2001/05/30 09:57:11
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
- quik stuff is a bit buggy because it's using the /vmlinuz
symlink, and quik doesn't like that
- we need to set the nvsetenv vars:
- nvsetenv boot-device `ofpath <root device>'
+ nvsetenv boot-device "$(ofpath <root disk>)0"
nvsetenv boot-file " Linux" (may not be needed)
[ even this won't work on beige g3s ]
- prevent /boot on a separate partition
@@ -33,12 +33,13 @@
sensitive) partititon; the installer must enforce or at least
lart the user if they don't have one immediatly after parititoning a
newworld
- - moreover, that apple_bootstrap partition must be on the same
+ - moreover, that Apple_Bootstrap partition must be on the same
disk as the root partition
- - Ethan Benson is adding a yaboot configurator to make the
- yaboot.conf file and set nvram settings; provisionally called
- 'yabootconfig' and will be added to the yaboot pkg
- - then run 'mkofboot -f -C /target/etc/yaboot.conf'
+ - Ethan Benson has added yabootconfig to upstream ybin.
+ dbootstrap need only run yabootconfig -t /target -r <root device> \
+ -b <Apple_Bootstrap device>, the last two are optional but recommended
+ (so yabootconfig does not have to guess what dbootstrap already knows.
+ yabootconfig will take care of running mkofboot correctly.
GENERAL TASKS FOR WOODY
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