On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 02:57:02AM -0500, Brian Dunnette wrote: > Well, now I get: > > MAC-PARTS: specified partition is not valid can't open hd:9,\\:tbxi > ok > > Any ideas? > > (tried running ybin -b /dev/hda9, still didn't work...) sounds to me like you mixed up type with name when creating the bootstrap partition. did you use the `c' command to create it? if so thats why, you must use the `C' command which lets you set the type, the type must be "Apple_Bootstrap" run: mac-fdisk -l /dev/hda that will show you what the type is. ybin -b /dev/hda9 is not going to work without a valid /etc/yaboot.conf, in which case the -b /dev/hda9 would be redunant. your first mkofboot command should have worked, but you will have to redo that since the ybin -b will have broke it. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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