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Re: Question PPC First Installation



On (11/10/03 22:27), Irrlicht wrote:
> Can someone please help me? Would be verrrry kind ;)))
> 
> I try to install Debian on my Ibook. I read pretty much HOWTO's till now. I
> loaded yaboot on my computer, but when I go to the OPEN FIRMWARE and I try
> to start yaboot I see the pinguin (the ram disk has sometimes some problems
> to start up). But in the end it will finish mit the following error message:
> 
> root fs is no mounted
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> KERNEL PANIC: VFS: Unable to mount roof fs on 03:04
It sounds as though you didn't run "ybin" after configuring yaboot.  It
is sometime since I did this but I had the same error recently during an
i686 installation - I'd forgotten to run LILO.

HTH

Clive


> 
> By the way it is not possible to format the Disks in the HFS Format. When I
> do it (I tried under OS 9.2.1 and OS X) and I chose HFS it will still format
> the HD in the HFS+ Format when I go back and check the result. How bizarre!
> But as I read for first time installation it doesnt matters if you have HFS+
> on the disk where the yaboot is.

> Thank you for your soon answer and I'm really look forward to switch to
> LINUX
> but it looks a bit very very difficult in the moment
> Dave, Switzerland
> (I hope to use this list in the right way, otherway I am sorry!) 
> 
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