Subject: Black screen on start up
From: COLIN COMOLLATTI (c.comollatti@cqu.edu.au)
Date: Tue Nov 28 2000 - 15:35:32 MST
G'Day All
Could someone please tell me what I am doing wrong.
I have check the past e-mails on this topic but none have worked for me.
PROBLEM:
The computer will not boot directly into linux.
On start up the screen will be black. When I press the ENTER key it will go
directly into running the Linux kernel. It will not do anything if left and
no keys pressed.
If I boot from the open firmware there are no problems, and there seems to
be no fault with linux once started, startx also works fine.
CONFIGURATION:
1. Yellow Dog LInux 1.2.1 is running on a new world G4 single processor.
2. 32MB Macintosh partition contains the following files:
yaboot
yaboot.conf
vmlinux
NO system folder
3. yaboot.conf settings:
init-message = "\nWelcome to Yellow Dog Linux!\nHit <TAB> for boot
options.\n\n"
timeout = 1
image = hd:9,vmlinux #Also tried the different slash
combinations. This worked
label = linux
root = /dev/hda11
NOTE:
hda9 = Macintosh partition/drive
hda11= root partition/drive
4. Open Firmware settings
This will work when I boot into open firmware. Do I need to save these
settings somehow,
setenv boot-device hd:,yaboot #Also tried the different slash
combinations. This worked
boot
also tried
setenv boot-device hd:,yaboot
setenv boot-command boot
Thank You for your time
Colin Comollatti
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