Re: munged yaboot.conf
On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 09:00:56PM -0700, james houston wrote:
> I have OS X (10.4.1) and Sarge on my iBook (dual USB).
>
> I tried to customize my yaboot.conf file and messed up
> the syntax so now when I choose "l" in yaboot, I get
> this error:
>
> Config file error: newline is not allowed in quoted
> strings near line 7 in file \\yaboot.conf
> Syntax error or read error config
>
> How can I edit the yaboot.conf file safely?
<http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2003/10/msg00262.html>
The message above is hopefully a relatively detailed (and hopefully
not too much dated) description on how to mount a system when the boot
procedure via yaboot doesn't work any more ..
> I read in the archives about editing it from OS X, but that was
> discouraged. What is the best direction to go then?
>
> I tried booting from my Sarge installation CD and
> choosing "Execute a shell" but my hard drive was not
> mounted on "/target" as it said it would be.
I don't think it'll be mounted automatically ... You'll probably
have to mount the system/partitions you want to rescue by yourself
... please see the URL from above (and the thread it is being part of
..)
>
> Thanks
Welcome :)
and HTH
Best Regards
Wolfgang
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Wolfgang Pfeiffer
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