On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 09:44:46PM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > Execute a Shell > > mkofboot --boot /dev/hda4 -m /usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot --root > > /dev/hda 6 --partition 6 > > > > OF won't accept it. Please can anybody tell me what I am doing Wrong? > > Is there a /usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot in the installer filesystem, or would there is. mkofboot would have complained otherwise. > that be on /target/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot rather? Also, it should be --root > /dev/hda6 (no space). And finally, I'm missing the --image option telling yes, but that would only cause the kernel to panic, he is not getting that far. --image is not required since mkofboot defaults to /vmlinux which is where debian puts the symlink by default. > yaboot what kernel image to use (relative to the root directory of > partition 6). There may be a sane default for this but I'd rather not try. see above > What's the OF error message, finally? yes this we need to know. my guess is the bootstrap partition is incorrectly created. it must be type Apple_Bootstrap -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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