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Re: open firmware and my etch boot



Ok, back to square one:
I command, option, P, R the prom
then did an install wiping out the old partions
my partitions are labled as follows
Part. 1 is called Apple it is a newworld partition
Part. 2 is called Untitled it is a newworld partion
Part. 3 is called Untitled it is / ext3
Part. 4 is called Swap it is swap

After I installed I followed the same directives:
I went into yaboot.conf and changed the device to hd:

Changing yaboot.conf did not seem to work. Do you have any other ideas? I'll be more than happy to give you any information you require to help me.

And thank you thus far.



eric wrote:

reguarding these directions:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch07s01.html.en
for NewWorld Macs, which is my case

Should I have partitioned my SCSI drive first with OS X to get an apple_bootstrap partition? And then do an installation, or use my Etch cd install to create the apple_bootstrap?

eric wrote:
Ok, I edited yaboot.conf.

could you help me with open firmware? At one point open firmware was going to a linux 1st stage, but now I just get the mac question mark.

my boot-device and boot-command are:

boot-device /pci@f2000000/ATTO,ExpressPCIProUL3D@15,1/@0:3,\\:tbxi
boot-command    mac-boot

********************
boot-file
boot-screen
boot-args

are all blank
********************
xavier grave wrote:
sorry : in the yaboot.conf file
boot=/dev/sda3
device=/pci@f2000000/ATTO,ExpressPCIProUL3d@15,1/@0:
partition=4
root=/dev/sda4
timeout=30
...
becomes :

boot=/dev/sda3
device=hd:
partition=4
root=/dev/sda4
timeout=30
...

I had to do this on my old dual G5...


Le vendredi 15 juin 2007 à 09:50 -0400, eric a écrit :
in yaboot.conf or open firmware?

xavier grave wrote:
May be you should replace the device line by :
device=hd:

xavier

Le vendredi 15 juin 2007 à 07:50 -0400, eric a écrit :
*************yaboot.conf**************************************
boot=/dev/sda3
device=/pci@f2000000/ATTO,ExpressPCIProUL3d@15,1/@0:
partition=4
root=/dev/sda4
timeout=30
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot

image=/boot/vmlinux
            label=Linux
            read-only
            initrd=/boot/initrd.img
            initrd-size=8192
*****************************************************************

ofpath /dev/sda4
/pci@f2000000/ATTO,ExpressPCIProUL3D@15,1/@0:4


I was in partition 4 getting all the above information.

xavier grave wrote:
Hi Eric,

I just remembered something about the device field in yaboot.conf file.
Can you send the result of your last yabootconfig please ?
Before a yabootconfig can you do some tests : what is the result of the
ofpath command ?

xavier

Le mardi 12 juin 2007 à 12:42 -0400, Eric Benoit a écrit :
Hi xavier, I think I want to check if my open firmware is correct first. I was able to run yabootconfig following your directions. I guess I just need to know whether or not I can rule out that it is a mis configuration of open firmware or yaboot, before I start messing around, can you help? Thanks.


xavier grave wrote:
Le mardi 12 juin 2007 à 09:52 -0400, Eric Benoit a écrit :
I have a Apple G4 server model M5183. I've install Etch without a problem, however when I get to second stage boot... it freezes or hangs then the monitor turns black.

my boot-device for open firmware(3)is:
boot-device /pci/ATTO,ExpressPCIProUL3d@15/@0:11,\\:tbxi hd:,\\:tbxi

I believe 11 is the partition linux / is on.

help would be fantastic! ...and thank you.

Hi,

First you should reboot with your install CD.
As soon as possible : execute a shell
in in mount your / partition on /target for example.
Then :
# chroot /target
# mount /proc
# mount -a
# yabootconfig
# umount -a
# umout /proc
# exit
# umount /target
This procedure should able you to play with yaboot in order to find
where the problem can be...

Hope it will help.

xavier







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