Re: Re: Re: install 2nd HD G5
Please excuse the many messages...I tried the following at the
openfirmware prompt:
boot /ht@0,f2000000/pci@5/k2-sata-root@c/k2-sata@1/disk@0:2,\yaboot
and got the error
MAC-PARTS: specified partition is not valid
BOOTP/BSPD failed, no FILENAME specified|id
any thoughts?
wes
On 6/4/05, Wesley Smith <wesley.hoke@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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