three partitions two ATA controllers boot problem

[Hanz Harz]

be it yaboot or with anaconda how do i select in anaconda the disk?

Thanks for you help


>From: mauro <imagemaker@macosx.com>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>To: <yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
>Subject: Re: three partitions two ATA controllers boot problem
>Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 19:44:33 +0200
>
>Ithink yaboot isn't the best way to instal YDL... it is better (in my
>opinion) start with vmlinux kernel, with the ramimage checked... it will
>drive you with anaconda that usually recognize the partitions and the
>disks...
> > Hello all
> >
> > I just installed my new YDL 3 distro....as a complete newbie actually it
> > went like a charm, the bug with more then 2 hard disc was touched
> > immediately on the website so my problem with booting was gone too.
> >
> > Having two hard discs in a G3 350 B&W Rev 1 with the bad ATA controller 
>on
> > board i had to buy a second Tempo66 card (also known as ACARD) to 
>install an
> > extra disc
> >
> > I have on one disc OSX and Linux, on the other Disc ive installed the
> > Classic OS, i was wondering how do i tell yaboot that "/dev/hdg6" its on 
>a
> > different device?!
> >
> > A short Note
> > I tried Mandrake 9.1 and SuSe ftp install they all failed on this 
>particular
> > machine with my attached hardware, at work all with G4's SuSe and 
>mandrake
> > functioned fine and booted into installer. At home YDL was the only one
> > capable of recognizing my Advansys scsci card and having no problems 
>with
> > the extra Tempo66..so thumb up for Yellow Dog
> >
> > My yaboot.conf:
> > boot=/dev/hda10
> > device=/pci@80000000/pci-bridge@d/pci-ata@1/@0/disk@0:
> > init-message="Welcome to Yellow Dog Linux!\nHit <TAB> for boot 
>options.\n\n"
> > partition=11
> > timeout=30
> > install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
> > magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
> > default=linux
> >
> > image=/boot/vmlinux-2.4.20-8d
> > label=linux
> > root=/dev/hda11
> > read-only
> > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-8d.img
> >
> > macosx=/dev/hda9
> > macos=/dev/hdg6 <-- this partition is on a different pci controller how 
>do i
> > tell yaboot this??
> > defaultos=linux
> > delay=10
> >
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