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 as most other web resources seem out of date compared to the yaboot faq, I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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