Re: jessie powermac yboot: ybin fails
Hi Felix!
You’re more likely to get an answer to this on the powerpc list, so I CC’ed them.
Also, it would be helpful to see what your /etc/yaboot.conf looks like.
Enjoy!
Rick
On Feb 28, 2018, at 1:32 AM, Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote:
> # ybin
> ofpath: Device: /dev/ata-ST is not supported
> ybin: Unable to determine OpenFirmware path for macosx=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST340015A_5LA13M03-part10 macosx=/dev/hda10
> ybin: Try specifying the real OpenFirmware path for macosx=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST340015A_5LA13M03-part10 macosx=/dev/hda10 in /etc/yaboot.conf
>
> I tried to add cmdline options via /etc/yaboot.conf, but as above, ybin fails. I've
> looked at https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/yaboot-howto/index.en.html#contents
> over and over, and the yaboot.conf and ybin man pages, and cannot figure out which
> partition is the OpenFirmware path that I apparently need to give ybin with the -o
> option. Can anyone see from what follows what it would be, or tell me how to find it,
> or what else I'm missing? Is the partition labeled bootstrap (sda13) the same as the
> OpenFirmware partition?
>
> # ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/*M03
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 28 03:13 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST340015A_5LA13M03 -> ../../sda
>
> # ls -l /dev/disk/by-label/
> total 0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Feb 28 04:04 bootstrap -> ../../sda13
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Feb 28 03:13 ST40-OSX -> ../../sda10
>
> # parted -l /dev/sda
> Model: ATA ST340015A (scsi)
> Disk /dev/sda: 40.0GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: mac
> Disk Flags:
>
> Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
> 1 512B 32.8kB 32.3kB Apple
> 2 32.8kB 61.4kB 28.7kB Macintosh
> 3 61.4kB 90.1kB 28.7kB Macintosh
> 4 90.1kB 119kB 28.7kB Macintosh
> 5 119kB 147kB 28.7kB Macintosh
> 6 147kB 410kB 262kB Macintosh
> 7 410kB 672kB 262kB Macintosh
> 8 672kB 934kB 262kB Patch Partition
> 13 934kB 135MB 134MB hfs Yaboot boot
> 10 135MB 20.0GB 19.9GB hfs+ Apple_HFS_Untitled_1
> 9 20.0GB 20.9GB 900MB linux-swap(v1) swap swap
> 11 20.9GB 31.9GB 11.0GB ext4 jessieRoot
> 12 31.9GB 40.0GB 8109MB ext4 LinuxHome
>
> # blkid /dev/sda1
> /dev/sda1: PARTLABEL="Apple"
> # blkid /dev/sda2
> /dev/sda2: PARTLABEL="Macintosh" # &3-7
> # blkid /dev/sda8
> /dev/sda8: PARTLABEL="Patch Partition"
>
> # ofpath /dev/sda
> /pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/@1
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