Subject: Re: help! yaboot is gone!
From: darren david (darrendavid@thebomb.com)
Date: Wed Dec 05 2001 - 01:29:10 MST
>so... when i run "mkofboot -v" I get:
>
>mkofboot: Warning: Incompatible version of 'nvsetenv', nvram will
>not be updated
>mkofboot: Warning: Unknown archetecture [sic], /dev/hdb9 may not be
>bootable on this machine
actually, i just fixed this my migrating /proc/device-tree and
/proc/cpuinfo into /proc in my mounted filesystem (/templinux)... but
i still can't get out of the loop. I can get into the "First Stage
GNU/Linux Bootstrap" but selecting "linux" just brings me back to
where i started...
<<sigh>>
darren
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>
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>>There are two things you can do: 1) boot off the YDL CD (or the rescue CD),
>>and boot Linux from the prompt--the choice might be "linux" or "linux-text";
>>2) Tell open firware to boot off the second drive, instructions following.
>>
>>WARNING: if you choose to do the following you do so at your own risk. It is
>>possible that your computer could be rendered unbootable by this action, and
>>you agree by following these instructions that you understand this risk and
>>agree to hold Keary Suska and Esoteritech, Inc. free of any liability
>>resulting from such instructions.
>>
>>That out of the way, you want to tell open firmware which device to attempt
>>to boot from.
>>
>>0) Boot into OF by holding down CMD-OPT-O-F.
>>1) At the prompt, type "printenv" <enter>
>>2) Look in the list for "boot-device". Take note of the format. The number
>>following "hda" is the partition to boot from. If there is no number (just a
>>comma), the number would go before the comma. You may have two "listings"
>>for the variable--use the one with a partition number for the following
>>instructions.
>>3) Where "boot_device_param" is the boot device line exactly as seen in step
>>#2 except using "hdb" instead of "hda" and specifying the boot partition
>>number, type "setenv boot-device: boot_device_param" <enter>
>>4) type "boot" <enter>
>>
>>If your mac doesn't boot at all, or you get the dreaded question mark, boot
>>back into open firmware and double check your variable setting. Make sure it
>>is syntactically correct according to what there was before you changed it.
>>You can type "reset-all" <enter> to reset your firmware or CMD-OPT-P-R for
>>two boings. You should then at least get back to your original state of
>>booting only into Mac OS.
>>
>>Additionally, there may be particular issues when using separate drives
>>under yabooot. I am not familiar with these, but perhaps someone else is.
>>
>>Keary Suska
>>Esoteritech, Inc.
>>"Leveraging Open Source for a better Internet"
>>
>>> From: darren david <darrendavid@thebomb.com>
>>> Reply-To: mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
>>> Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 19:28:18 -0800
>>> To: mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
>>> Subject: Re: help! yaboot is gone!
>>>
>>> That was a start, but I can't see my linux partition at all - i've
>>> got two drives in the machine, and it's only showing the bootable
>>> partition on /dev/hda (mac os) - /dev/hdb is conspicuously missing...
>>> and since i can't get into linux, i can't run mkofboot. any other
>>> thoughts?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Darren David
>>>
>>>> It sounds like somehow your firmware was reset, such as by by holding down
>>>> CMD-OPT-P-R for two boings. To get back into the boot loader,
>>>>hold down the
>>>> option key when booting. You will then be presented with icons for each
>> >> bootable partition. Select the Linux boot icon. When you get
>>the text menu,
>>>> boot into either system and restart to see if you get the menu again. If
>>>> not, you will probably have to re-install the bootloader using mkofboot.
>>>>
>>>> Keary Suska
>>>> Esoteritech, Inc.
>>>> "Leveraging Open Source for a better Internet"
>>>>
>>>>> From: darren david <darrendavid@thebomb.com>
>>>>> Reply-To: mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
>>>>> Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 15:42:00 -0800
>>>>> To: mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
>>>>> Subject: help! yaboot is gone!
>>>>>
>>>>> hi-
>>>>>
>>>>> i recently got mac-on-linux up and running on my YDL 2.0 box...
>>>>> everything was peachy until i rebooted the box, and now it appears
>>>>> that yaboot is missing, and the box just boots directly into Mac OS.
>> >>> How do I get back into my linux system which is on another partition?
>>>>>
>>>>> for the record, any idea why or how this might have happened? i'd
>>>>> like to avoid it in the future. ;p
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks,
>>>>> darren david.
>> >>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ___________________________________________________
>>>>> Darren David | darrendavid@thebomb.com
>>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ___________________________________________________
>>> Darren David | darrendavid@thebomb.com
>>>
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>___________________________________________________
>Darren David | darrendavid@thebomb.com
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