Re: booting the install on the H50
On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:20:09 +0200, dtutty@porchlight.ca wrote:
>> >> vi /tmp/deb/etc/yaboot.conf
>> >>
>> >> then:
>> >> mkdir /tmp/deb/ppc
>> >>
>> >> and save file, attached to this message as /tmp/deb/ppc/bootinfo.txt
>> >> this file is needed by IBM Open Firmware to find yaboot boot loader
>> >> automagically.
>> >>
>> >> now, change all occurences of cd: to cdrom: , as IBM open firmware had cdrom:
>> >> alias by default for CD drive. Save the file.
>> >>
>> >> then, create new ISO image with -l option (so long file names will be allowed):
>> >> mkisofs -r -J -l -o debian-new.iso /tmp/deb
>>
>I also changed cd to cdrom in instal/ofboot.b
> or is that for mac and the bootinfo.txt file is for IBM?
I presume that bootinfo.txt is for IBM platform, as they seem to have it on AIX
boot CDs too.
>
>in the bootinfo.txt file is says:
> <boot-script>boot &device;:\install\yaboot</boot-script>
>
>Where does it get the &device from?
>
>Is that really supposed to be &device semi-colon colon,
> or should it be colon comma?
I am not sure about syntax of this file. I had taken it from a working Debian
boot cd, so cannot comment. Checked syntax on Fedora Core 5 boot CD (boots on
7025-F50 with no problems at all) and it seems to be same:
<boot-script>boot &device;:\ppc\chrp\yaboot</boot-script>
jut location of yaboot binary differs.
>
>RE yaboot: LFS and Gentoo use yaboot on their cdroms and don't have
>yaboot.conf in /etc. The reason I dl'd them was to send as many options
>to the vendor to prove that Linux boots. Why does debian's yaboot need
>it in /etc? Is it compiled that way?
Looks like Debian is compiled this way. The same way it works on Red Hat (on the
FC5 boot CD yaboot.conf is in /etc too)
>
>Thanks for your patience on this; I'm trying to boot a computer I've
>never seen via a non-unix non-linux vendor prior to shipping it.
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