Hi everyone,
I've just now gotten back to my G5 to see if I could make some
progress. I've tried out everyone's suggestions and here's where I
stand:
I looked up the OpenFirmware aliases on my machine. The ones of
interest are as follows:
sata /ht/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/k2-sata-root
hd /ht/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/k2-sata-root/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/disk0
ultra0 /ht/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/k2-sata-root/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/disk0
ultra1 /ht/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/k2-sata-root/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/disk0
sd0 /ht/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/k2-sata-root/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/disk0
sd1 /ht/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/k2-sata-root/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/disk0
sd2 /ht/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/k2-sata-root/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/disk0
sd3 /ht/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/k2-sata-root/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/disk0
k2-sata /ht/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/k2-sata-root
pci0 /[EMAIL PROTECTED],f0000000
first-boot /[EMAIL PROTECTED],f2000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL
PROTECTED]/k2-sata
second-boot /[EMAIL PROTECTED],f2000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL
PROTECTED]/disk
last-boot /[EMAIL PROTECTED],f2000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ethernet
>From Paddy's suggestions to type in "boot sdb1:,\\yaboot" at the OF
prompt, I was expecting to find an sdb1 alias, but I don't seem to
have one. I'm not exactly sure which alias points to my 2nd HD, but
I'd venture to guess ultra1 and sd1 both do but I'm unsure what sd2
and sd3 are.
I also commented out the ofboot ine in my yaboot.conf. Here's its
current state:
boot=/dev/sdb2
device=/[EMAIL PROTECTED],f2000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
partition=3
root=/dev/sdb3
timeout=100
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
##ofboot=/[EMAIL PROTECTED],f2000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2
enablecdboot
enableofboot
macosx=/dev/sda9
image=/boot/vmlinux
label=Linux
read-only
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
image=/boot/vmlinux.old
label=old
read-only
initrd=/boot/initrd.img.old
And the debug trace:
DEBUG: ofboot set to `/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2'
ybin: DEBUG: macosx set to
`/[EMAIL PROTECTED],f2000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:9' from
`/dev/sda9'
ybin: DEBUG: OS=4
ybin: DEBUG: /bin/sh /usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot 4 bootyaboot 10 0 yaboot
GNU l /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2 ,\\yaboot macosx MacOSX x
/[EMAIL PROTECTED],f2000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:9 ,\\:tbxi cd
CDROM c cd: ,\\:tbxi of OpenFirmware o quit now
ybin: DEBUG: set magicboot to /tmp/ofboot.O3xXhS
ybin: DEBUG: boot-device=/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2,\\:tbxi
This line in particular has changed since taking out the ofboot line:
/bin/sh /usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot 4 bootyaboot 10 0 yaboot GNU l
/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2 ,\\yaboot macosx MacOSX x
It now points to [EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2 instead of the former
/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2. I think this is the
crux of my
problem. Somehow, I need to figure out the exact path of the second
partition on my second hard drive where yaboot lives. I'm not sure
how to do this.
Also, I tried to run pdisk, but it apparentlt isn't on the Ubuntu live CD.
thanks,
wes
