ydl 2.1 hard disk install (no boot disk possible)

[Lindsay]

   Ok, i'm really out of my depth with macs. I was under the impression 
that bootx wouldn't run on new world rom machines? I haven't had time to 
do anything besides copy the cd to the mac partition, but i did quickly 
try to use the bootx installer. It said something like "need old world 
rom machine". I'm planning to have enough time to do this on tuesday, so 
i'll have a closer look at it then. If this doesn't work again, i don't 
suppose you or anyone else knows how to do a hard disk install with 
yaboot? (and again i can't use any boot disk, the cd drive wont read them).

Thanks.

Robert Serphillips wrote:
> Could you not treat it as an oldworld machine and boot the compressed disk image via bootx? The installer is on the image along with most of the tools needed to handle it. 
> 
> -Rob
> 
> On Thu, 25 Apr 2002 13:25:44 +1000
> Lindsay <lindsay@subdimension.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>   I'm about to install ydl 2.1 on the last of the slot loading imacs. 
>>The problem is the CD drive in these computers was pretty dodgy, and 
>>wont read that many disks. Amoung the disks it wont read is the ydl boot 
>>disk.
>>
>>   Having no way to boot to linux, I decided on a hard disk install. I'm 
>>pretty familiar with everything in linux, and if this was a x86 i'd have 
>>no problems, but, not being too familiar with macs, i can see this is 
>>going to be painful :(
>>
>>   I've ftped the disk from a x86 computer to a mac os partition and 
>>know how to modify the mac's boot so that it uses the boot script on the 
>>ydl disk (which is now on the mac partition). The problem i can see i'll 
>>have is that, sure i'll be able to boot a kernel image but there'll be 
>>no programs (not even a shell) so i wont be able to get into the 
>>standard install from there.
>>
>>   MY QUESTION: can anyone one give me step-by-step instructions on pure 
>>hard disk install (with no bootdisk). I'm pretty sure it'll save me a 
>>LOT of time and pain :)
>>
>>PS. it's obviously new world rom. the annoying thing is an old world rom 
>>install like this is easy :(
>>
>>thanks (and sorry about the long post).
>>
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