Re: Booting on a hfs partition for oldworld
Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> quik has ext2 filesystem support built into itself, so happens is
> this:
>
> OF loads the boot block from the root partition, this boot block
> contains a blocklist for the quik second stage which is in
> /boot/second.b (on the ext2 root filesystem) once second stage is
> loaded its executed and reads the ext2 filesystem to find
> /etc/quik.conf which is parses to find the image name it should load
> (the kernel) normally /boot/vmlinux-2.2.18 or whatever. it then reads
> the kernel off the ext2 root filesystem and executes it and passes
> control to it. from which point on linux has taken over and brings
> the system up.
>
Does quik have any trouble reading ext2fs for 2.2 kernels? Since they have different features...
I have been able to make quik work on the 7300, but I haven't found the magic combination for a
oldworld g3 or a 7200. :(
Could this be part of the trouble?
The problem is I didn't document each step as I went through it.
How can I tell if I have the a 2.2 ext2 file system?
> > I am also getting conflicting information. In the debian install docs I need to
> > run "nvsetenv `ofpath /dev/sda3`" which would be correct for me, but ofpath
> > isn't even on the boot floppy! I had to chroot into /target and setup apt-get
> > to download and install yaboot.
>
> you have older boot floppies then, ofpath should be on 2.2.19 and new
> boot floppies. the base system that comes with 2.2.19 boot floppies
> also has the current yaboot package which has ofpath.
>
> > Can anyone help solve some of these problems?
>
> you using current documentation with obsolete boot floppies. download
> current boot floppies (2.2.19 or later).
>
After downloading the new boot floppies, it won't respond to the <enter> key. So I have used a
combination of the old boot hfs, and new root floppy. It's working ok, and it has all of the
utilities needed... It is the same on a 7300, 7200 and a oldworld g3.
Does anyone else have this problem?
Mike
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