On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 04:17:59PM +1000, Mr. Stuart Lamble wrote: > * Booting: yaboot doesn't seem to like the configuration; > it can't find the kernel. If I type in the full path > (hd:14,/boot/vmlinux-2.4.5), it's happy. sounds like you didn't set --partition when you ran mkofboot. man yaboot.conf and yet another reason not to use potato's boot-floppies, woody boot-floppies have a `Make System Bootable' step that works with 100% sucess on newworld macs. > ---- yaboot.conf ---- > boot=/dev/hda12 > default=linux > device=hd: > delay=10 > timeout=20 > install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot > magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot > partition=14 > > nonvram > > image=/vmlinux does this exist? if its a symlink is it valid? > label=Linux-old > partition=14 this partition= line is redundant, you already set it globally. remove it. > root=/dev/hda14 > append="video=ofonly" > read-only > > image=/boot/vmlinux-2.4.5 > label=Linux > partition=14 this partition= line is redundant, you already set it globally. remove it. > root=/dev/hda14 > append="video=ofonly" > read-only this should work so long as your /boot is not a separate partition, thats the only thing that would break this. you have rerun ybin after editing /etc/yaboot.conf right? -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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