All right, put it this way (was Re: Can FC4.ppc ...)

[Joseph E. Sacco, PhD]

Sounds like you need to:

(1) edit /etc/yaboot.conf to support booting from a CD
(2) run /sbin/ybin -v to re-install the yaboot loader to the bootstrap
partition.

Here is an example of yaboot.conf:

        # yaboot.conf generated by anaconda
                                                                                        
        boot=/dev/sdb2
        #ofboot=/dev/sdb2
        init-message="Welcome to Yellow Dog Linux! Hit <TAB> for boot options."
        partition=4
        timeout=30
        install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
        magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
        delay=10
        enablecdboot
        macosx=sdc:6
        
        image=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.10-1.ydl.1smp
                label=linux-ydl
                read-only
                initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.10-1.ydl.1smp.img
                root=/dev/sdb4
                append="rhgb quiet"

In this example:
* booting from a CD has been enabled
* OSX is installed on SCSI disk C, slice 6
* YDL-4.0.1 is installed on SCSI disk B, slice 4

After editing/correcting your /etc/yaboot.conf file,
run as root:

	/sbin/ybin -v

Use the "-v" flag [verbose] to how things are "blessed".

-Joseph

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On Sat, 2005-08-06 at 22:40, beartooth wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 16:45:57 -0700, Owen Stampflee wrote:
> 
> > Please keep fedora chatter to the fedora mailing lists. This list is
> > about YDL, not Fedora.
> 
> Then how do I get YDL4, installed & updated & running fine, to boot to
> ANY CD not from Terrasoft? Is that a YDL question??
> 
> I have three sets of CDs, which I won't describe again. I have tried
> rebooting and holding C, rebooting and hitting C normally (once, twice, or
> more times), and every variation on that I can think of -- with #1 of each
> set. 
> 
> I get one of two things. 
> 
> Either the Insult to the Aged -- some silly little tiny display which
> nobody with old eyes and no microscope could posible make out, despite its
> offensive flashing.
> 
> Or else a message saying "Booting CDROM..." -- and doing nothing. It sits
> there, regardless how long I wait, with or without the C pressed.
> 
> NB: it does not pull these despicable shenanigans with the YDL4 CDs. Only
> with others. 
-- 
joseph_sacco [at] comcast [dot] net