re: yaboot config

[pstrauss@ln.us.itmasters.com]

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>send me the output of fdisk -l /dev/sda

>or whatever your root disk is.

<output>
stewie:/home/phil# fdisk -l /dev/sda

Disk /dev/sda: 70 heads, 62 sectors, 1014 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4340 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1             1         1      2139   41  PPC PReP Boot
/dev/sda2             2         6     10850   83  Linux
/dev/sda3             7        67    132370   82  Linux swap
/dev/sda4            68      1014   2054990   83  Linux

stewie:/home/phil# fdisk -l /dev/sdb

Disk /dev/sdb: 70 heads, 62 sectors, 1014 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4340 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1             1      1014   2200349   83  Linux
</output>



>i have just found out that debian calls the x86 fdisk ddisk on
>powerpc, i have fixed yabootconfig to use ddisk (still falls back to
>fdisk for other distros) for non-mac labels.  that won't fix it if
>you have AIX labels.  but it may fix it for dos labels on debian.

I tried the updated yabootconfig and I still get the same results.
<output>
yabootconfig: Unable to locate bootstrap partition...
yabootconfig: You must create an 800K type: 0x41 PPC PReP Boot
partition to make the disk bootable
</output>

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