Re: Yaboot Man pages on Internet?

[Charles Plessy <charles-debian-nospam@plessy.org>]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 03:40:02PM +0100, Brian Durant wrote :
> 
> Here is what my yaboot conf file looks like:
> 
> ## For a dual-boot menu, add one or more of:
> ## bsd=/dev/hdaX, macos=/dev/hdaY, macosx=/dev/hdaZ

Maybe you could look for a way to have more than one entry in the menu
for osX. This way, you could test things quicker...

> 
> # Where's the bootstrap partition
> boot=/dev/sda2

Actually, since people manage to have a dual boot with osX on the first
drive, do you really need to have linux on this one? What about swapping
them and following the instruction you found on the web?

> macosx=/dev/sdb3
maybe you could paste the result of the ofpath command here instead of
/dev/sdb3

> 
> For all of the documentation on yaboot on the net, it actually seems  
> quite limited as to the functions that are documented. For example,  
> how can you do a devalias command and then save the output to your HD  
> or print it?

I printed it with a pen :) But did you try to run /usr/sbin/ofpath
/dev/sdb?

> Anyway, my main task at this time is to solve the "device"  
> issue so that I can boot into OS X without having to start from the  
> OF graphic mode with the option key held down at startup.

If I were you, I would try to swap the drives, and to reinstall
everything if necessary, exactly like on the howto you found (with the
same install CD for linux if possible).

Good luck,

-- 
Charles