Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists
I did try ybin -v and it ran fine. Should i try to change the device to what you have? I
have a Dual 1.8Ghz Power Mac G5.
On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 10:48:27PM +0200, Samy Mezani wrote:
> Your device seems wrong and yaboot can't be started by openfirmware.
> For example, in mine yaboot.conf :
> device=/pci@f2000000/mac-io@17/ata-4@1f000/disk@0:
> Have you try "sudo ybin -v" in terminal ?
>
> Samy
>
> Steven DuBois a écrit :
>> I mailed this list a couple weeks ago about yaboot returning to a grey
>> screen when I try to boot both OS X and Linux. Well, the problem is
>> still there and I have been trying to fix it for a long time now. This
>> is my yaboot.conf
>>
>> boot=/dev/sdb2
>> device=/disk@0:
>> partition=4
>> root=/dev/sdb4
>> timeout=100
>> install=/usr/lib/yaboot
>> magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
>> enablecdboot
>> macosx=/dev/sdb3
>>
>> image=/boot/vmlinux
>> label=Linux
>> read-only
>> initrd=/boot/initrd.img
>>
>> image=/boot/vimlinux.old
>> label=old
>> read-only
>> initrd=/boot/initrd.img.old
>>
>> I asked in #debianppc and no one was able to figure out what is wrong,
>> and the Forums were not of much help either
>> (http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=27402)
>>
>>
>
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