Subject: Re: Boot Disk
From: Myles Vredenburg (myles@nycap.rr.com)
Date: Fri Feb 04 2000 - 07:43:05 MST
Herbert wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I read on the YellowDogLinux website that you can boot YDL without a
> MacOS partition. Can anyone please tell me how this is accomplished or
> direct me to a page that has this information?
>
> I have tried to create a boot disk but have only found a kernel 2.88
> megs large. (vmlinux) Is there a linux kernel for macs small enough to put
> on a boot disk? Something like the Linux Coyote Kernel? (for macs, of
> course)
>
> Thanx.
>
> -Herbert
Herbert,
I'm going to assume you're running YDL on a Power Mac. Here's what I've
done with my PM 7600:
edit /etc/quik.conf (note that you may have to install the quik rpm)
run quik -vf
run nvsetenv to set the "boot-device" Open Firmware variable, e.g.
nvsetenv boot-device scsi-int/sd@0:0 if quik is installed on scsi device
0, internal SCSI host adaptor
nvsetenv boot-device scsi-int/sd@1:0 if quik is installed on scsi device
1, internal SCSI host adaptor
You'll also need to make sure the kernel and System.map that you want to
use are in /boot (or wherever specified in quik.conf).
If you're running YDL on a B&W, you may want to look into yaboot. It
requires an HFS partition, but does not require Mac OS.
Myles
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