CD/Installation/Everything problems

[Joe Villari]

Did you read the howto  on  booting with open firmware from YDL?

http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/boot_drive.shtml

Joe

>i don't think anyone answers the posts on this list...
>
>
>On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 06:54, Michael Richardson wrote:
> > I just tried putting the contents of the install folder in the root
> > directory of the CD and then going into Open Firmware.  After that, I typed
> > 'boot cd:ofboot.b".  The screen flashed (my heart jumped) and 
>then went back
> > to the OF screen with "can't OPEN: cd:,\\yaboot".  Trying the same thing
> > with yaboot instead of ofboot.b produces the same error message (though no
> > screen flashing).
> >
> > I am by no means an OF guru- the only reason I know those commands is from
> > looking around in archives.  I don't even know if they are the right
> > commands- but they do produce a result.
> >
> > So.. any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > -M
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Richardson" <mtrichardson@ctcweb.net>
> > To: <yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 4:44 AM
> > Subject: CD/Installation/Everything problems
> >
> >
> > > Okay.  Here's the deal.
> > > I've got a G3-Lombard PowerBook that I'm trying to put YellowDog on.  The
> > > main problem arises in that I can't get the CD to boot- the folder needs
> > to
> > > be blessed.  I want to wipe out the Mac OS and just run fully YellowDog.
> > > How do I do that since the CD won't boot?  Is it possible?
> > >
> > > Oh, I also accidently moved the ROM file around (don't ask) and so now I
> > > can't get into the OS... any advice on how to get past that problem?
> > >
> > > I bought the PowerBook on eBay a while back, so I don't have any system
> > > disks.  Also, my only access to a burner is with my Windows 
>machine- hence
> > > the main problem making the CD bootable in Mac.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any ideas or help?  I guess my basic questions are, is
> > > there any way I can start the YellowDog installation (with no worries
> > about
> > > saving the Mac partitions) without having a bootable CD or make that CD
> > > Mac-bootable under Windows?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > -Michael
> > >
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