i will be very brief: the linuxppc 2000 install guide is *WRONG* ignore it. follow the directions on my web page and in the FAQ, that is create a type Apple_Bootstrap partition, 800K and do *NOT* repeat *DO NOT* mount it on /boot. then things will work. please do yourself a favor and heed this advise, the linuxppc install docs are WRONG. an HFS /boot partition will not work well or at all. On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 09:53:22PM -0400, David J. Topper wrote: > Just trying to put the peices together here. > > 1. I had set up my box as per the LinuxPPC UsersGuide2000 > instructions. Namely, I created separate partitions for /boot, /, and > /home. That's something I normally do on x86 architecture anyhow. > > Despite my best efforts, I was never able to get the default yaboot to > work. Since I wasn't able to boot off the CDROM either, I susepcted an > upgrade was in order. > > FYI: my setup is (was) like this: > > / = /dev/hda10 > /boot = /dev/hda11 (HFS) > swap = /dev/hda12 > /home = /dev/hda13 > ... > > 2. Today I tried installing ybin. I followed the instructions and set > up all the necessary files. In my case, /etc/yaboot.conf looks like > this. > > default = Linux > > boot=/dev/hda11 > device=hd:11 > timeout=20 > install=/boot/yaboot > magicboot=/boot/ofboot.b > > image = /boot/vmlinux-2.2.15pre3 > label=Linux > root=/dev/hda10 > read-only > partition=3 > > 3. I then ran mkofboot -v. I got errors about /dev/hda11 being > mounted. Of course. It's /boot. So I unmounted and proceeded. Not > sure what I was supposed to do here. I mean, I needed /boot to be > HFS according to the UsersGuide ... for configuring for yaboot. So > I was just following the same logic. > > 4. But when I returned to MacOS, I see that my old LinuxPPC Boot drive > is gone. The bootstrap partition lives in its place. > > I think I've corrupted my /boot directory. How do I fix this? What was > the "right" thing to do here? > > Thanks, > > DT > -- > Technical Director - Virginia Center for Computer Music > http://www.people.virginia.edu/~djt7p > > -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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