Package: yaboot Version: 1.3.13a-1squeeze1 Severity: important Tags: d-i
I) The entries in yaboot.conf macos=path and macosx=path are wrongly handled by ybin, if path is an open firmware alias like "hd:7" or "ultra1:6", without leading "/". The current working directory is put in front of the path, while ybin translates yaboot.conf. E.g. when calling ybin in directory /root, the generated line in ofboot.b is : bootmacos " Booting MacOS..." .printf 100 ms load-base release-load-area " /root/hd:7,\\:tbxi" $boot ; but when calling ybin in directory /, the generated line in ofboot.b is : bootmacos " Booting MacOS..." .printf 100 ms load-base release-load-area " /hd:7,\\:tbxi" $boot ; For both versions the menu item for MacOS shows up on boot, but both do not work, because the open firmware path should start directly with "hd:7...", without anything else before. II) Some further observations, which might be related to the failure above: II.a) If I use a full open firmware name, like macos=/pci@80000000/pci-bridge@d/pci-ata@1/@0/@0:7 then no menu item for MacOS is generated at all. II.b) If I use a device name, like macos=/dev/sda7 the generated line in ofboot.b is : bootmacos " Booting MacOS..." .printf 100 ms load-base release-load-area " /pci@80000000/pci-bridge@d/pci-ata@1/@0/@0:7,\\:tbxi" $boot ; This works - but not always: with the new kernel in squeeze, the hard disks now are handled as scsi drives, and the naming in /dev is somewhat randomly, so after the next boot, the same entry in yaboot.conf might fail. -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0 APT prefers squeeze-updates APT policy: (500, 'squeeze-updates'), (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-powerpc Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to de_DE.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages yaboot depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib Versions of packages yaboot recommends: ii hfsutils 3.2.6-11 Tools for reading and writing Maci ii powerpc-utils 1.1.3-24 Various utilities for Linux/PowerP yaboot suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
