Hi Got it! Many thanks
Now my ibook is running linux. I had no problem to set up the adsl connection. Thank you ver os much. Regards Eduardo On Saturday 04 October 2003 07:30 pm, Stew Benedict wrote: > On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes wrote: > > > My guess is you setup the bootstrap mounted at /boot. For some reason > > > quite a few folks are inclined to do this. The kernel path for /boot > > > part of "/" would be hd:8,/boot/vmlinuz.... > > > > Yes, I did. Sorry ... > > > > > Bootstrap partition should never be one of the mount points. > > > > I am confused here. When I click to create a partition and choose Apple > > Bootstrap, I have to (haven't I) to choose a mounting point. I don't see > > a way around for not choosing a mounting point. > > I'm pretty sure there's an empty selection in the list of mount points. > > > > Most folks I've helped on IRC are able to recover from this by booting > > > rescue and fixing the yaboot.conf. > > > > I am a newbie. How to do that? I am booting under rescue and there are > > three different options: mount under /mnt/, console and help. Which one > > do I have to go for? > > > > Once I tried console but couldn't find yaboot.conf. Is it under /etc? > > Yes, go ahead and let the rescue mount. > Go to console > chroot /mnt > mount /proc /proc -t proc > check that there is a kernel and initrd in /boot > cd /etc > vi yaboot.conf (or vim) > fix the entries, save > ybin -v > umount /proc > "exit" to exit the chroot > sync; sync (just to be sure) > umount /mnt (if this fails don't fret) > reboot or "shutdown -h now"
