On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 01:36:20AM +1100, Steven Hanley wrote: > Image not found.... tryt again > WARNING ! default_close called ! > boot: _ ok... > I have no idea what could be causing this. I cant think wherelese to look, > as most other web resources seem out of date compared to the yaboot faq, I > am using the debian install stuff from original potato, though I downloaded > and installed newer debs of yaboot and powerpc-utils from the debian mirror, > latest potato stuff. are you using original potato or potato r2 ? since your getting a boot menu i assume you must mean r2 as r0 did not have any of that. > my current yaboot.conf is > > boot=/dev/hda9 > ofboot=hd:9 delete this line (ofboot=hd:9), ybin can figure it out on its own, its better to let it do so. less chance for user error then. > device=hd: > delay=10 > timeout=20 > install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot > magicboot=/usr/lic/yaboot/ofboot ^ typo? should be /lib/ > > default=Linux > > # nonvram > > image=/boot/vmlinux-2.2.17 > label=Linux > root=/dev/hda10 > read-only > partition=9 ^^^ thats the problem, this should be 10 not 9. 9 is your bootstrap partition and does not contain kernels, your kernels are where they belong, on your root filesystem. > enablecdboot > > macos=hd:16 just a hind you can also use the linux device naming here, /dev/hda16 ybin will convert this on the fly. > I dont have macos installed currently, but thought I should give it a 2 GB > partition, and install it sometime, if jsut to play dvd's if nothing else. nah who needs macos ;-) > My partition map (would be nice if I could clean it up somewhat, but hey) is you can remove all that driver shit if you don't plan to install macos ;-) > /dev/hda1 Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k) Partition map > /dev/hda2 Appe_Driver43 Macintosh 54 @ 64 ( 27.0k) Driver 4.3 > /dev/hda3 Appe_Driver43 Macintosh 74 @ 118 ( 37.0k) Driver 4.3 > /dev/hda4 Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh 54 @ 192 ( 27.0k) Unknown > /dev/hda5 Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh 74 @ 246 ( 27.0k) Unknown > /dev/hda6 Apple_FWDriver Macintosh 200 @ 320 (100.0K) Unknown > /dev/hda7 Apple_Driver_IOKit Macintosh 512 @ 520 (256.0k) Unknown > /dev/hda8 Apple_Patches Macintosh 512 @ 1032 (256.0k) Unknown > /dev/hda9 Apple_Bootstrap Macintosh 1600 @ 1544 (800.0k) Unknown > /dev/hda10 Apple_UNIx_SVR2 root 204800 @ 3144 (100.0M) Linux native > /dev/hda11 Apple_UNIx_SVR2 usr 2097152 @ 207944 ( 1.0G) Linux native > /dev/hda12 Apple_UNIx_SVR2 var 1048576 @ 2305096 (512.0M) Linux native > /dev/hda13 Apple_UNIx_SVR2 home 2097152 @ 3353672 ( 1.0G) Linux native > /dev/hda14 Apple_UNIx_SVR2 swap 819200 @ 5450824 (400.0M) Linux native > /dev/hda15 Apple_Free Extra 28605742 @ 6270024 ( 13.6G) Free Space wow, you should really do something useful with this 13GB ;-) > /dev/hda16 Apple_HFS untitled 2 414304 @ 3875766 ( 2.0G) HFS > /dev/hda17 Apple_Free Extra 10 @ 39070070 ( 5.0k) Free Space > there were originally no where near that many partitions, but after booting > off the macos install cd and playing with the disk changing utility for a > bit, it added all those or something. I eventually noticed I couldnt get an > 800 KB partitioon in the macos thing, so I added two partins from macos, one > big one and the two GB one at the end, and then before installing macos I > rebooteed off the debian cd and started trying to get it installed. yup the macos partitioner sucks bricks, this is how i suggest it be done in my partitioning doc. > So would anyone know what I should try to get debian to boot with the above > error? see above. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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