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I went through the entire installation process and forgot to issue the |
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ybin command so that my Gentoo installation boots from disk. Using my |
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LiveCD, how do I rescue this -- what are the commands? Thanks! |
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Yes, a G3 iMac. What are the specific commands? |
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>> This is what I've tried (and the results): |
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>> <boot livecd> |
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>> mkdir /mnt/gentoo |
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>> mkdir /mnt/gentoo/dev |
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>> mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc |
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>> mount /dev/hda10 <my root partition> |
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>> chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash |
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>> ybin |
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>> "Seems the boot partition hasn't been initialize" (paraphrase) mkofboot |
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>> "Do you want to create an HFS partition? <y/N>" (I pick "y") "Aborting" |
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>> The other way was to mount /dev/hda9 (my boot partition) and type: ybin |
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>> Ybin returns: "need to specificy boot=/dev/hdaX" I do, but it keeps giving |
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>> me that msg. |
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>> What are the specific commands I need to issue? Thanks much! |
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What commands do I need to issue to add yaboot to my Gentoo |
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installation? Thanks. |
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Ed |
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