YDL 3 yaboot not loading

[Norberto Quintanar]

>From your firat post you wrote that Apple Bootloader is hda1
try "boot: linux root=/dev/hda1"
--- dhiraj.2.bhuyan@bt.com wrote:
> I tried the following from the installer cd boot prompt -
> 
> boot: linux root=/dev/hda3
> 
> and it booted from the installed YDL without any problems. And then
> I did
> /usr/sbin/ybin from room prompt and rebooted. And I still get the
> question
> mark. The bootloader is not loading. Any clue?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Dhiraj
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Norberto Quintanar [mailto:nquintanar@yahoo.com]
> Sent: 08 August 2003 18:37
> To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: RE: YDL 3 yaboot not loading
> 
> 
> Try this to rerun ybin
> 
> Boot from the YDL 3.0 Install CD 1. Immediately hold the "c" key.
> Once you get to boot options, type the following: 
> cd-linux root=/dev/<linux root partition> [ENTER]
> 
> where <linux root partition> may be, for example, hda7 or sda6, but
> without the < and >, then: 
> /usr/sbin/ybin [ENTER] 
> 
> --- dhiraj.2.bhuyan@bt.com wrote:
> > I checked that my first partition (/dev/hda1) is hfs. yaboot,
> > yaboot.conf
> > are in this partition.
> > 
> > From the Open Firmware prompt when I do -
> > 
> > 0> boot hd:1,yaboot
> > 
> > or
> > 
> > 0> boot hd:1,\\yaboot
> > 
> > or
> > 
> > 0> boot hd:1,\\:yaboot
> > 
> > I get the error "can't open: hd:1,...." message. I tried it with
> > "yaboot,tbxi" too with the same result.
> > 
> > I tried running ybin (booted from installer CD, went to tty2
> > command prompt
> > and ran ybin) to recreate yaboot - without any good.
> > 
> > Now I am not sure what to do.
> > 
> > Any clues anyone?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Dhiraj
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Norberto Quintanar [mailto:nquintanar@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: 08 August 2003 17:54
> > To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> > Subject: Re: YDL 3 yaboot not loading
> > 
> > 
> > Open Firmware http://bananajr6000.apple.com/ can only boot off of
> > HFS
> > partitions, I think.  So you need at least a small HFS partition
> > that
> > contains your kernel, yaboot.tbxi, and yaboot.conf. then you tell
> > the
> > open firmware to boot like: 
> > 
> > 
> > boot hd:x,\yaboot.tbxi 
> > 
> > 
> > where x is the HFS partiton number, and of course the yaboot.conf
> > file being setup appropriately.
> > 
> > --- dhiraj.2.bhuyan@bt.com wrote:
> > > Hi everyone,
> > > 
> > > Although I finally managed to install YDL 3.0 on my iMac, the
> > > yaboot
> > > bootloader is not loading - I can only see the question mark. I
> > am
> > > installing YDL 3 as the only operating system - I have the
> > > following disk
> > > partitions
> > > 
> > > /dev/hda1  1 MB (Apple Bootloader)
> > > /dev/hda2  1280 MB (swap) (ext2)
> > > /dev/hda3  rest of space (77 GB) / (ext3)
> > > 
> > > While installing I did get an option to choose -
> > > 
> > > 1) yaboot bootloader
> > > 2) no bootloader
> > > 
> > > I chose yahoot bootloader (I repeated the process twice - with
> > the
> > > same
> > > result). Can anyone tell me where I could have gone wrong?
> > > 
> > > A bios on an Intel motherboard has a virus protection feature
> > which
> > > when
> > > enabled prevents anyone from writing to the MSB. Is there
> > anything
> > > similar
> > > in a Mac? I have never used a mac before!
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > 
> > > Dhiraj Bhuyan
> > > Security Research Engineer
> > > BTexact
> > > 
> > > Tel:   +44 1473 643932
> > > Mob:   +44 7753231984
> > > Email: dhiraj.2.bhuyan@bt.com 
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