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Re: yabootconfig fails on B&W G3



On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 04:02:10PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> Chris Tillman wrote:
> >So you apparently have one of the dual-ide bus machines, and for some 
> >reason ide0 is your main hard drive rather than hd.
> >
> >Try creating the yaboot.conf from the earlier message in /target/etc/
> >and give ybin a shot (in the chroot).
> >
> > Your /target/etc/yaboot.conf should have something like
> >
> > boot=/dev/hde6
> > device=ide0:
> > timeout=50
> > fgcolor=light-cyan
> > install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
> > magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
> > macos=/dev/hde14
> > macosx=/dev/hde15
> >
> > image=/vmlinux
> > 	label=Linux
> > 	read-only
> > 	partition=7
> > 	root=/dev/hde7
> >
> > chroot /target ybin -v
> 
> ybin complained about the "light-cyan", so I changed it to "cyan".
> 
> Then ybin complained quite a bit:
> 
> /proc filesystem is not mounted; nvram will not be updated
> unable to find OpenFirmware path for boot=/dev/hde6
>  and similar message for other partitions.
> 
> Do I need to crack the case and check out jumpers and cables on the hard 
> drives or something, like I'd do on the i386 architecture?

Dang. No, you've got bugs in your advice.

I was trying to tell you ow to do it the 'right' way, but since proc
isn't mounted in /target, it doesn't work. Here's how I always do it, 
which is kind of a cheap workaround but works. 

cp /target/etc/yaboot.conf /etc/yaboot.conf
ybin -v

-- 
*------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------*
|      <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual>      |
|   debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net>   |
|            Chris Tillman        tillman@voicetrak.com          |
|                   May the Source be with you                   |
*----------------------------------------------------------------*


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