Re: Linux does not boot after a MacOSX upgrade
Chris Tillman wrote:
> You can use one of the installer commands to get the CD mounted, then
> switch to console 2 before completing or canceling the command. For
> example, select 'Install kernel and modules', sleect CD-ROM. The Cd
> will be mounted at /instmnt. Switch to the shell, do your thing, then
> switch back to console 1 and cancel the operation.
Just tried that. I checked on another console constantly for when the CD
was mounted. I select 'Install kernel and driver modules' and at that
stage it was not mounted. It detected a CD rom with packages and at
thatb dialog is wasn't mounted then pressing enter and it starts to load
stuff. Then its mounted but within 20 seconds its got what it wants and
its unmounted :-( and I have lost my chance.
> It really sounds, though, like your firmware is borked. I don't think
> that kernel is going to make the difference; I think the difference is
> that booting from the CD doesn't involve OpenFirmware the same way
> booting from the hard drive does.
>
> You can create an hfs partition if you don't have one already, and try
> the steps in the installation manual for manually booting directly
> from the hard disk.
I have OSX on there so I presume that is HFS+ I also have a small DOS
partition. I'll read up on booting as you suggested below.
> If that works and direct booting still doesn't, at
> least you have a way to get in to your system. Instead of booting the
> root.bin ramdisk, you might be able change that yaboot.conf to boot
> your kernel on hda11, or still boot the kernel from the hfs partition
> but set root=/dev/hda11.
Yeah I can access /etc/yaboot.conf as I can mount my old Linux partition
as /dev/hda11 from a shell after booting from CD1.
I also tried again command-option-p-r and let it beep thrice - no luck
still.
Mike
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