miboot on a 6400

[Norberto Quintanar]

Try here:
<http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-general/2003-April/006991.html>
and
<http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-general/2003-April/006938.html>
and finally
<http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-general/2003-May/007473.html>

Good luck!!

Norberto

I tried the tanneryd howto and couldn't I'm gonna try these new ones.
--- sadfsdf <ydl@augustmail.com> wrote:

> the problem is: linux never even starts to load, miboot
> hangs/crashes 
> while parseing/searching
> 
> Norberto Quintanar wrote:
> 
> >--- sadfsdf <ydl@augustmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I am trying to get miboot working on my performa 6400. I've got
> it
> >>to 
> >>the point where the system recognizes that it can boot of of my
> >>miboot 
> >>partition. But, when the system boots, I get two tux's on the
> same 
> >>screen; one in the middle of the screen thats just a normal tux,
> >>and one 
> >>in the top left that from what I can see is a Tux with a red line
> >>though 
> >>it. I have also found two conflicting guides to using miboot, the
> >>first 
> >>one was more recently posted on this mailing list, 
> >>
> >>    
> >>
>
>http://www.tanneryd.com/twiki/bin/view/Techstuff/YDLOnPowerCurveInstall
> >  
> >
> >>the second one is from a while back and is more understandable so
> I
> >>have 
> >>been using it, 
> >>
> >>    
> >>
>
>http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-general/2003-April/006938.html
> >  
> >
> >>
> >>My directory tree for the miboot partition is like this
> >>|-- System Folder (note: Mac OS has blessed the folder)
> >>|   |-- Finder
> >>|   |-- System
> >>|   |-- boot.conf
> >>|-- Linux Kernels
> >>|   |-- vmlinux-2.4.22-2f
> >>|   |-- vmlinux-2.24.22-2fBOOT
> >>|-- ramdisk.image.gz
> >>|-- boot.conf
> >>
> >>My boot.conf is thus:
> >>
> >>init-message = "\n Welcome to YDL!\Press <TAB> for boot
> >>options.\n\n"
> >>timeout = 50
> >>
> >>default = bootYDL
> >>
> >>image = vmlinux-2.4.22-2f
> >>label = bootYDL
> >>root = /dev/hda6
> >>append = "video=valkyriefb3:vmode:14,cmode:8"
> >>
> >>image = vmlinux-2.4.22-2fBOOT
> >>label = install_YDL
> >>initrd = ramdisk.image.gz
> >>initrd-size=16384
> >>root = /dev/ram0
> >>append = "video=valkyriefb3:vmode:14,cmode:8 text"
> >>
> >>Does anybody have an idea whats wrong?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Are you sure you have the valkyrie chipset?  Both my 6500's were
> >supposed to contain the valkyrie chipset for video, but actually
> have
> >the ati chipset.  If you do have the valkyrie it should read:
> >
> >"video=valkyriefb:vmode:14,cmode:8 text"
> >
> >not
> >
> >"video=valkyriefb3:vmode:14,cmode:8 text"
> >                 ^
> >             an extra character?
> >
> >
> >	
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