[ydl-gen] Yaboot problems and YDL 4.0.1

[Joseph E. Sacco, PhD]

Try running ybin with the "-v" option to see what can be learned.

It would be helpful if you would provide:
(1) contents of /etc/yaboot.conf
(2) output from "pdisk -l /dev/hda"

-Joseph

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On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 13:21 +0000, Enda Cronnolly wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> 
> I've just switched from SuSE 7.1 PPC to YDL after a buddy of mine showed me 
> his mac booting without the use of a CD, something which I've had to endure 
> for years.
> 
> I haven't had much of a smooth run, with the various installations hanging at 
> the end at the post installation bit, but after my fourth attempt, now have a 
> complete YDL setup running, but no yaboot menu.
> 
> My config:
> PowerBook G4, tibook.
> 1 x 20Gb hard disk dedicated 100% to linux
> 
> output of fdisk -l :
> Disk /dev/hda: 20.0 GB, 20003880960 bytes
> 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38760 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
> 
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hda1               1           2         976+  41  PPC PReP Boot
> /dev/hda2   *           3           4        1008   83  Linux
> /dev/hda3               5        1044      524160   82  Linux swap
> /dev/hda4            1045       38760    19008864    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hda5            1045        1207       82120+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda6            1208       38760    18926680+  83  Linux
> 
> I boot the system from my YDL CD1, by specifying kernel linux root=/dev/hda6 
> and I can log in and work pretty much the same as before with SuSE.
> 
> If I login as root and run ybin, it exits cleanly, but on reboot, just get the 
> flashing happy mac / ? icon to indicate that the OS can't be found.
> 
> Is the above partition order OK?
> Is the correct partition marked bootable, or should /dev/hda1 be bootable?
> 
> I've tried the OF boot strings with no sucess.
> I've zapped P Ram which eliminated the auto-dimmed screen at startup problem, 
> but didn't resolve the yaboot issue.
> 
> Anyone got any ideas of what I could try?
> 
> TIA,
> 
>  -Enda.
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