Re: Installing Debian 2.2r2 on a Tibook : help needed !
Hi there,
> I went thru the installation process (first partition the hard drive, with
> a Apple_Bootstrap partition first), and before 'Make system bootable', I
> opened a terminal (apple+right arrow) and installed yaboot (anyway I
> thought I was installing yaboot) :
> mkofboot -b /dev/hda9 -m /usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot --root /dev/hda11
>
> I reboot and get :
>
> Welcome to yaboot version 0.9
> Config file read, 150 bytes
> boot : <NUL>
> Loading kernel...
>
> Image not found.... try again
> WARNING ! default_close called !
> boot :
>
> That's it :-(
>
> What I don't get is where the kernel is at the first reboot, while the
> system is not installed yet. There is a /target/vmlinux symlink, but if I
> try
>
> hd:11/target/vmlinux
>
> at the yaboot boot: prompt, it doesn't find it...
I had the *exact* same problem with my Pismo installing r2.2. It seems that
yaboot has a problem with the symlinked kernel. Therefore, you should add the
following parameter to your mkofboot line:
--image=/target/boot/vmlinux-2.2.18pre21 (or whatever it is)
That worked for me.
Have fun,
Phil.
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