Re: iBook install and ofboot.b
On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 01:01:27PM -0500, Josh Bonczkowski wrote:
> I'm currently in the middle of an iBook DV (firewire) install and
> perhaps have hit a snag. I am following the doc written by Hadess
> on installing on this particular machine.
>
> The part that is giving me problems is when it asks to make linux
> bootable from the hard disk. The doc says to grab a shell and run
> a 'mkofboot' command with a '-m /target/etc/ofboot.b' option.
> The problem is that file does not exist. I did a find for any
> ofboot.b files, and could not find one. I also searched for all
> *.b files and found a few in the /target/boot/ directory; namely
> first.b, second.b and old.b.
Then that document is out of date. If you look on the Debian web site
it describes the proper mkofboot invocation; it involves
/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot instead.
Dan
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