On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 09:30:26AM -0800, ms419@freezone.co.uk wrote: > > Why doesn't ybin set my OpenFirmware boot-device variable? > > According to the manpage: > > Ybin will also set the OpenFirmware boot-device variable to the > device > path of the bootstrap(8) partition using nvsetenv(8) when a NewWorld > compatible version of nvsetenv(8) is available. > > But it continues to automatically boot OS X from hd:4, instead of > yaboot from hd:2. I must manually boot hd:2,yaboot from OpenFirmware. OSX apparently does things to prevent other OSes from booting. try resetting the nvram with command option o f during boot, machine should reboot itself until you release those keys. then as long as you partitioned correctly with osx after the bootstrap partition (and you used the Apple_Bootstrap type) yaboot should boot by default. > I checked, & both nvsetenv & hfsutils are installed. I'm running Debian > unstable, yaboot 1.3.31-2, powerpc-utils 1.1.3-11, & hfsutils 3.2.6-7. > > I call ybin without arguments & use this minimal yaboot.conf: did it give you any warnings? > boot=/dev/hda2 > > image=hd:4,/vmlinux-2.6.9-200411130 > initrd=hd:4,/ext2rd.200411130.gz > initrd-size=6291456 > append="init=/linuxrc" > > Any suggestions why ybin doesn't set my OpenFirmware boot-device > variable? > > Thanks! > > Jack > > -- > 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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