OS X 10.2.8 causing problems for YDL 3.0?

[Erik Winkler]

I had the same problem.  Got the menu, started the boot process with 
"l" and system reboots.   Reinstall of YDL 3.0.1 solved my problem, so 
it might be you need to reset the boot parameters.  Maybe the YDL 
rescue disk will work?

Erik
On Sunday, September 28, 2003, at 07:05  AM, <newsman@verizon.net> 
wrote:

>
>>
>> From: Bill Fink <billfink@mindspring.com>
>> Date: 2003/09/27 Sat PM 09:11:50 CDT
>> To: YellowDog Linux General <yellowdog-
> general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
>> CC: Bill Fink <billfink@mindspring.com>
>> Subject: Re: OS X 10.2.8 causing problems for YDL 3.0?
>>
>> On Wed Sep 24 2003, someone wrote:
>>
>>>> I've got a 12" Powerbook G4. I just upgraded OS X from version 
>>>> 10.2.6
>>>> to
>>>> 10.2.8. Afterwards I noticed that the computer suddenly shutdown 
>>>> while
>>>> attempting to boot into YDL 3.0.
>>>>
>>>> I use yaboot as my boot manager, and the shutdown occurs early in 
>>>> the
>>>> YDL
>>>> boot process, i.e., before the "Welcome to Yellow Dog Linux" message
>>>> that
>>>> appears in yellow text.
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone else encountered this problem and, if so, is there a fix?
>>>
>>>> Yes. Same problem here on a TiBook. I make it past yaboot, the first
>>>> few lines of boot code snap on the screen (before the YDL boot 
>>>> image),
>>>> and the computer shuts down. It's so early in the process that the
>>>> linux root partition never mounts.
>>>
>>>> Under MacOS X, I mounted the bootstrap to a /Volume/temp folder and 
>>>> the
>>>> contents are there and appear to be OK.
>>>
>>>> I zapped the pram to with no results.
>>>
>>>> Michael
>>>
>>> Its not just the Powerbook my G4 towers, A 800 mhz G4 and my DP 
>>> 450mhz G4
>>> also have the same problems.  Another problem is with Darwin Pure 6.8
> they
>>> just released, if you try to start X, the server starts then freezes.
>>> Apple has pulled the update, but I have tried to get a straight 
>>> answer to
>>> no progression.  Im going to try something new and if it works I will
> post
>>> it.
>>
>> Ummm.  Could it just be that the upgrade to OS X 10.2.8 mucked with 
>> the
>> OpenFirmware setting of boot-device.  To check this out, boot into
>> OpenFirmware by holding down the 4 keys Command(Clover), Option, O, 
>> and F
>> while booting.  Once in OpenFirmware, try setting boot-device to point
>> at the yaboot BootStrap partition by issuing the command:
>>
>> 	setenv boot-device hd:X,\\:tbxi
>>
>> Replace the 'X' with the partition number of your yaboot BootStrap
> partition.
>> On some systems you may need to replace the device alias hd with a
> different
>> alias such as ultra0, ultra1, or ultra2.
>>
>> Then issue the command:
>>
>> 	reset-all
>>
>> If this was the problem, the susbsequent boot should now give you the
>> yaboot screens you are used to for selecting what OS to boot.
>>
>> 						-Bill
>>
>> P.S.  It's also possible that the OS X upgrade deblessed the yaboot
>>       BootStrap partition in which case it will be necessary to 
>> re-bless
>>       it (involves booting using the YDL install CD and re-running 
>> ybin).
>
> I can't speak for anyone else, but that's not the problem in my case. 
> I get
> the yaboot menu, but the computer shuts down after choosing "l" for 
> YDL.
>
>
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