Re: boot-device variable for powerbook G3
On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 11:58:31AM +0200, Koos van den Hout wrote:
> Quoting Chris Tillman who wrote on Fri, May 10, 2002 at 06:26:43PM -0700:
>
> > On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 12:21:59AM +0200, Koos van den Hout wrote:
> > > gather is that I have the wrong setting for boot-device. I managed to get
> > > into openfirmware (this looks a lot like solaris openboot, which I know ;).
> > > Now I need the right setting for boot-device, and the default isn't.
> > > Anyone experience with this one ? I tried a lot of combinations but stuff
> > > does not work.
> >
> > Please see the yaboot-HOWTO, penguinppc.org/projects/yaboot/doc/yaboot-howto.shtml
>
> I tried to install yaboot (from the root shell of the debian installer) and
> it told me that it won't install on an OldWorld system. The Debian
> woody installer also tries to install quik.
Ah, OldWorld.
> > Was this potato? woody should have set the device correctly.
>
> This is a woody version. The setting left in the nvram for boot-device
> gives an error in openboot (I modified the auto-boot? setting so I can see
> the errors now).
>
> The setting woody sets is:
>
> nvsetenv boot-device /pci/mac-io/ata0/ata-disk@0:0
>
> Then when I let it boot from openfirmware, I get:
>
> boot can't OPEN: /pci/mac-io/ata0/ata-disk@0:0
>
> After a look at the device tree in openfirmware, I tried other options
> like /pci/mac-io/ata0/disk@0:0 and /pci/mac-io/ata0/disk@0,0 but all
> give the "can't OPEN" error.
try devalias at the OpenFirmware prompt. You might be able to use a simpler
designation like ata or ata-int. (Not that it should make any difference.)
You can try running quik in the installer shell, with
chroot /target quik -v.
The /target/etc/quik.conf will govern what happens there.
Also, try changing the last digit @0:x (x) to the partition number of
your root partition. :0 is recommended, but I get good results by
specifying the number.
If you set your boot-file to Linux, your default label (Linux) will
be booted after a delay - whenever quik does get launched.
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