would need to see your /etc/yaboot.conf and output from mac-fdisk -l /dev/hda On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 05:11:45PM +0100, Fabrice Triboix wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am using a recent iBook, bought a week ago: > * G4 1.2 GHz > * 30G HD > * 256 Mb RAM > > I re-installed MacOSX at the end of the HD (10G) > because I intended to install Gentoo Linux and enable > dual-boot. > > I partitionned the remaining space for linux, > including the bootstrap partition: /dev/hda2. > /dev/hda1 is for the partition table, root is on > /dev/hda3 (no /boot partition). I installed the system > following the instructions of the Gentoo install > manual, including yaboot. I edited the yaboot.conf > file to set the linux image to boot on /dev/hda3, with > the path to my kernel (/boot/kernel-2.6.1). > Then I tryed to reboot my computer. I have the yaboot > boot line: 'l' for linux, 'x' for MacOSX, 'c' for > CDROM and 'o' for openfirmware. > So I press 'l' and I have the second boot stage; I > press enter and expected my kernel to boot. However, I > am back to the OpenFirmware... > > >From there, I can't boot anything but MacOSX... > > If I put the Gentoo LiveCD back in the CD slot, I can > boot from it by hitting the 'c' key at the yaboot > prompt. From there, I can boot the kernel on the CD > and tell it to mount my /dev/hda3 root partition: > G4 root=/dev/hda3 video=ofonly ro > But that's the best I can do for now... > > I tried to reset the openfirmware by keeping pressed > alt+apple+p+r until the computer rebooted 4 times, but > nothing changed... > > That's the first time I am using Apple hardware, and I > don't understand what is going on here?!? > > How can I install yaboot correctly so I can boot > linux? > > Thank you for your help! > > Fabrice > > > > > > > > > Vous manquez d’espace pour stocker vos mails ? > Yahoo! Mail vous offre GRATUITEMENT 100 Mo ! > Créez votre Yahoo! Mail sur http://fr.benefits.yahoo.com/ > > Le nouveau Yahoo! Messenger est arrivé ! Découvrez toutes les nouveautés pour dialoguer instantanément avec vos amis. A télécharger gratuitement sur http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to minimalist@lists.penguinppc.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe yaboot-users". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.penguinppc.org -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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