Re: yaboot not boot (macosx dual boot config with fedora)

[haalaa luu <haalaaluu@yahoo.com>]

sh-3:mkdir /tmp/mnt
sh-3:mount -t hfsplus /dev/sdb2 tmp/mnt
(or)
sh-3:mount -t hfs -o ro /dev/sdb2 /tmp/mnt

gave me no such directory or device cannot mount

1>printenv boot-device
-----Partition:common-----Signature:0x70-------
boot-device  /k2-sata@0/disk@0:2, \\:tbxi hd:,\\:tbxi

sh-3:nano /etc/yaboot.conf
#yaboot.conf generated by anaconda
boot=/dev/sdb2
init-message=Welcome to Fedora Core\!
Hit<TAB>for boot options
partition=3
timeout=80
unstall=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
delay=5
enablecdboot
enableofboot
enablenetboot
macosx=/dev/sda3
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
image=/boot/rmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
label=linux
read-only
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.img
append="video=ofonly rhgb quiet root=LABEL=/"

sh-3:/sbin/ybin -v
ybin:Finding OpenFirmware device path to '/dev/sdb2'
ybin:Finding OpenFirmware device path to '/dev/sdb3'
Installing first stage bootstrap
/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot onto /dev/sdb2
Installing Primary bootstrap /usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
onto /dev/sdb2
Installing /etc/yaboot.conf onto /dev/sdb2
setting attributes on ofboot
setting attributes on yaboot
setting attributes on yaboot.conf
Blessing /dev/sdbs with Holy Penguin Pee
Updating Openfirmware boot-device variable in nvram

sh-3:nano /etc/fstab
/dev/sdb3		/		ext3		defaults	1	1
/dev/devpts	/devpts	devpts	gid=5,mode=620	0	0
/dev/shm		/dev/shm		tmpfs	defaults	0	0
/dev/proc		/proc		proc		defaults	0	0
/dev/sdb5		/raw		vfat		defaults	0	0
/dev/sys		/sys		sysfs		defaults	0	0
/dev/sdb4		swap	swap	defaults	0	0

still can't boot yet, thks for helpin me.

:|

--- Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 08:37:35AM -0400, Paul
> Nasrat wrote:
> > 
> > Can you boot into rescue mode again and:
> > 
> > mkdir /tmp/mnt
> > mount -t hfsplus /dev/sdb2 /tmp/mnt
> 
> bootstrap is not hfs+.  and should never be mounted
> read/write.
> 
> if this is really necessary (its not) do mount -t
> hfs -o ro /dev/sdb2 /tmp/mnt
> 
> > do a listing of the dir and if present examine the
> yaboot.conf there
> 
> examine /etc/yaboot.conf instead, if looks good run
> ybin to ensure
> everything is correct.  there is more to the
> bootstrap partition which
> cannot be examined by mounting it.  (mounting
> read/write is more
> likely to screw that up in fact).
> 
> > As ethan said it looks as if nvram may not have
> been updated.
> > 
> > If you hit o for open firmware and do:
> > 
> > printenv boot-device
> > 
> > What do you get.
> > 
> > This probably should go in
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/ against
> > anaconda.
> 
> I would want to see the /etc/yaboot.conf they
> generated, I suspect its
> simply full of errors and thats why the boot fails.
> 
> -- 
> Ethan Benson
> http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
> 


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