Re: Etch on G5: Yaboot problem still persists
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 12:28:51AM +0200, Michal wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> I have what looks like the same problem for a long time too. While I
> would love to know the solution, I have been living with the following
> workaround:
>
> - boot into open firmware,
> - type 'boot hd:2,yaboot'
> (changing the number to the # of your boot partition)
> - now I get a working menu of linux boot options
>
> No other combination of steps boots my dualG5 despite many attempts.
> Hope this helps in the meantime!
>
>
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Actually, it stays on Waiting for root file system for a few minutes and then tells me /dev/sdb4 does not exist and brings be to a initramfs shell
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