Re: Unable to boot on linux

[philipp suter <philipp.suter@gmx.net>]

Helloo

well, I am sorry for the dev:hda3, I should not answer at my 
workplace..:)

INVALID MEMORY ACCESS

Probably you need to update your OpenFirmware first.. That is what I 
did after buying my mac a few years ago. Or you have a physically 
f***ed-up rom and need to bring it back to the store, but I guess then 
os x would not boot either.

YABOOT.CONF

here is my yaboot.conf (of course you have to change the partition 
numbers and the name of your kernel and SysMap..):

boot=/dev/hda2
device=hd:
partition=7
root=/dev/hda7
timeout=90
delay=20
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
macosx=hd:4
defaultos=macosx
image=/boot/kernel-2.6.9
	partition=7
	label=Linux
	sysmap=/boot/System.map-2.6.9
	read-only


it is working on a g3 pismo powerbook, I know it is not the same as 
yours, but I am using the same version of yaboot.

The thing I changed after trying many things was macosx=hd:4 instead of 
macosx=/dev/hda4. After that, I rebooted the system from OpenFirmware 
directly (probably an obsolete step but who knows..).

I know that my partition map is not "state-of-the-art" but it is a 
bloody old powerbook and it must not perform at all. So don't even 
think about mentioning anything..;)

Cheers
ph