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Re: Last part of an iMac DvD install : ybin



On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 12:35:41AM +0200, Xavier Grave wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've just get an iMac DvD. I've burned the CD from the debian site
> (ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian-cd/potato_test-cycle-2/powerpc/potato-1.raw)
> and booted it on my iMac. After a fw step, I have all installed except the
> yaboot part.
> 
> When I get a shell in debian installation and do :
> #ybin -b /dev/hda9 --timeout 100 --label linux --root /dev/hda11
   ^^^^

you need to run mkofboot instead of ybin, i suspect for some reason
there is enough of a filesystem so that hmount will accept it, but
think its marked read-only.  

try mkofboot and see if that works.



-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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