Yellowdog install without bootable cd

[Chris Kastorff]

On Aug 21, 2004, at 2:57 PM, Lincoln Rutledge wrote:
> Hi Edward,
>
> I'm having some trouble, and if you have any thoughts I would 
> appreciate
> it.  I'm trying to install Yellowdog on an iBook, a 366.  It won't read
> CDRs :(
>
> I currently have OSX and Debian installed.  All I need to do is
> bootstrap the install.
>
> I have copied yaboot, yaboot.conf (and modified it), the initrd image
> file, and the kernel to a /bootstrap partition on my disk.
>
> I am currently able to launch yaboot from openfirmware, and boot my
> install kernel.  It halts with root file system not found.
>
> Do I need to somehow mount the install image as the root filesystem,
> using something like "root=/dev/ram" and something pointing to the
> image, "/dev/hda2/netstg1.img"?  hda2 is my /bootstrap partition, the
> first 100mb of the disk.
>
> Any thoughts would be appreciated,
>
> thanks,
>
> Lincoln

You might try looking into an NFS install over ethernet to a *nix 
computer that can read the cds well.

I've never done it, so let the linmasters come. :-)

	-Chris K.