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>> i assume you ran ybin -v after you changed yaboot.conf ? |
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> I did not. Is this required with yaboot? If it is it's my mistake |
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> totally. It's not required with grub which is what I'm used to using |
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> on x86 machines. |
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an x86 machine is legacy junk that uses a DOS boot system, not open |
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firmware. |
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> I can see that running ybin -v has an impact on the bootstrap |
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> partition: |
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> MacMini etc # ybin -v |
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> ybin: Finding OpenFirmware device path to `/dev/hda2'... |
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> ybin: Installing first stage bootstrap /usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot onto / |
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> dev/hda2... |
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> ybin: Installing primary bootstrap /usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot onto /dev/ |
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> hda2... |
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> ybin: Installing /etc/yaboot.conf onto /dev/hda2... |
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> ybin: Setting attributes on ofboot... |
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> ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot... |
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> ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot.conf... |
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> ybin: Blessing /dev/hda2 with Holy Penguin Pee... |
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> ybin: Updating OpenFirmware boot-device variable in nvram... |
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> MacMini etc # |
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> I cannot reboot and try it right now as the machine is doing some |
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> work. I'll try it later today and let you know how it goes. I suspect |
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> this might fix it. |
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> Once I get this done then I'll strip out a bunch of the leftover stuff |
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> from the kernel config and try to slim stuff down a bit. |
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dont forget to save your working kernel in /boot and the entry in |
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yaboot, that way if you mess up you can go back. i also put the |
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config with the kernel too. |
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> Thanks for all your help! |
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np :) |
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matt |
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