Found my problem. Somehow the boot device in yaboot.conf had been
changed from hdb2 to hdb3 (the swap partition). Using parted, I realized
this mistake and fixed yaboot.conf and reran ybin and my problem was
fixed. Thanks for the quick responses and in the future, I will read the
docs before trying to run a questionable app (Mac on linux with OS X, do
not do this as of now).
Michael French
Asheville Citizen-Times
IT Dept.
(828)236-8966
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Reser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: Boot problem, help!
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 11:25:23AM -0500, Michael French wrote:
> > Thanks for the quick response. I went and read the recovery
> > instructions for yaboot and was able to get in. With these new
> > quicksilver macs, I had to use "boot ultra1:2, yaboot. Yaboot loaded
and
> > I was able to get into the linux installation, but I reran ybin and
it
> > did not error out, but when I reboot, went right back into OS 9.2,
not
> > yaboot prompt. I reboot, went into OpenFirmware and got back into
linux,
> > not sure where to go from here besides reinstalling, damn. Any
> > suggestions, I will keep looking too. Thanks.
>
> In OpenFirmware rather than typing boot ... type:
> setenv boot-device ultra1:2,yaboot
> boot
>
> The first line has the booth path that you got to boot into linux. It
> sets the default boot path to that path.
> Then you can just type boot to load the machine.
>
> --
> Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> http://ben.reser.org
>
> "To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence.
> Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without
> fighting." -Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu
>
>
