On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 02:19:58AM +0200, Karl-Heinz Haag wrote: > Quoting Mark K. Gardner (mkg@lanl.gov): > .... > > > > mkofboot --boot /dev/hda9 -m /usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot --root \ > > /dev/hda11 --partition 11 this version generates a very basic yaboot.conf on the fly to install into the bootstrap partition, it IGNORES /etc/yaboot.conf. > > Additional directly after this step I did a 'ybin -v' > This command -I think- wrote some information from the /etc/yaboot.conf > into the 'Apple_Bootstrap' partition. yes, ybin run without any of --root --partition --device will use /etc/yaboot.conf as is, if its not correct you don't boot. > Because of the verbosity option I got the information that 'yabin' wrote > some kind of hfs filesystem to the bootstrap. > After this process booting my G4 Cube with the option key showed the HDD > icon with the penguin. as it should > ....before I did the OFWUpdate :-(( what happened then? the OpenFirmware update should have no effect on the bootstrap partition. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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