YDL 2.3 iMac Rev A - can't boot - HELP!!
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yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Mon, 11 Aug 2003 17:46:38 -0400
This is a repost from a previous message.
Can someone help me on this?
Thanks in advance.
Gustavo Chirinos
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>From Ron McCy
>It SHOULD do a YDL only boot pretty easily. You may have to specify NOT to
>use yaboot - I think that specifier is in the installation somewhere.
I'm totally newbie to YDL and Linux but after reading YDL guide I understand yaboot is
allways required to boot a PowerPC machine in linux. Even if you are installing only YDL
- not OS 9 or X at all.
Anyway, I would like to give more details about my status:
When power on the iMac, there is the screen sequence it shows:
1) A few seconds in 'gray', then show up the familiar 'folder' with the 'happy os face'
2) Few seconds later, goes to a completelly black screen that says something like:
First Stage Yellow Dog Linux Bootsrap
and 2 options to boot: "l" for linux and "C" for CD.
3) After few seconds or if press "L" before screen, it brings another screen that says:
Welcome to Yellow Dog Linux
Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.6
Enter "help" to get some basic usage information
boot:
If you type "help" as soon as you can it says a long message and that my "device" and
"partno" are:
device=/pci/mac-io/ide@20000/disk@0
partition=8
If you don't type nothing, it will try to boot "linux" and freeze in message:
Please wait, loading kernel.....
As I remember from the install, my 'boot' partition is number 6 (remeber - I don't install
Mac OS). So I figure out I must tell yaboot to use 6 instead of 8.
So, using as a reference other message in this list, I type (after "boot:")
/pci/mac-io/ide@20000/disk@0:6,/boot/vmlinux
and get the message: "Unknow or corrupt filesystem"
If I try 7 instead of 6, it gives the same message: "Unknow or corrupt filesystem"
There is also the option of type "linux-novideo" but it also freeze with system
"Please wait, loading kernel..."
So, I guess is something with yaboot.
Can anybody help me on this?
Regards,
Gustavo Chirinos