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Re: Re: Re: install 2nd HD G5



ps...here/s the output of ybin -debug where root is my sdb3 mount point:

ybin: DEBUG: macosx set to
`/ht@0,f2000000/pci@7/k2-sata-root@c/k2-sata@0/disk@0 :9' from
`/dev/sda9'
ybin: DEBUG: OS=4
ybin: DEBUG: /bin/sh /usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot 4 bootyaboot 10  0 yaboot
GNU l /ht@ 0.f2000000/pci@5/k2-sata-root@c/k2-sata@1/disk@0:2
,\\yaboot   macosx MacOSX x /
ht@0,f2000000/pci@7/k2-sata-root@c/k2-sata@0/disk@0:9 ,\\:tbxi  cd
CDROM c cd: , \\:tbxi  of OpenFirmware o quit now
ybin: DEBUG: set magicboot to /tmp/ofboot.ytmPmc
ybin: DEBUG: boot-device=/ht@0.f2000000/pci@5/k2-sata-root@c/k2-sata@1/disk@0:2,
\\:tbxi


On 6/5/05, Wesley Smith <wesley.hoke@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys, thanks for the info.  Here's what I've done:
> 
> --mount sdb3
> --edit yaboot.conf
> --chroot /mnt/sdb3 (where sdb3 is mounted)
> --mount -t proc none /proc
> --ybin -v
> 
> I also tried
> 
> --mount sdb3
> --edit yaboot.conf
> --chroot /mnt/sdb3 (where sdb3 is mounted)
> --mount -t proc none /proc
> --exit
> --mount /mnt/sdb3 /usr/sbin/ybin
> 
> neither of these have solved by booting problem.  I am completely
> stumped here.  Are there config files somewhere that ybin create that
> I can look for on sdb3 or sdb2 to see if my yaboot.conf changes are
> reflected in the ybin -v output?
> 
> thanks,
> wes
> 
> 
> 
> On 6/4/05, Jeff Green <greenjb@unk.edu> wrote:
> > Wesley writes:
> > > You're right that I don't need to do the source thing.  I do have a
> > > question about "chroot /mnt/ur.sdb3.mnt.pt /usr/sbin/ybin" however.
> > > By doing this command, will ybin now access the modified yaboot.conf
> > > in sdb3?  What is it that chroot is doing in this command?  I realize
> > > this is a basic question, but I'm kind of fuzzy on what the function
> > > of chroot is.
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > wes
> > >
> >
> > Things get complicated, and "chroot" is a way of simplifying the
> > situation. Most commands do not run in isolation, i.e. they're not
> > statically compiled nor run independent of support files. As a
> > consequence "chroot" allows you to run "that" command in the environment
> > that it was intended to run. So by doing a chroot on the ybin, you not
> > only selected the proper yaboot.conf, but also you used a different
> > ybin, i.e. the one on your installed system and not the one on the
> > ubuntu livecd. It then used the OF support files on *your* installed
> > system and everything else that your yaboot.conf is implicitly relying
> > upon. It's really pretty nifty.
> >
> > jeff
> >
> >
>



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