Em 30Set2010 (quinta), Tiresia Giuno <tires...@googlemail.com> disse:
> > > > On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:56:49 +0200 > Benjamin Cama <ben...@free.fr> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > So, yaboot in debian is currently suffering from a lot of problems, > > and until now we were only talking about it. Here is some code to > > test it, now to really see what's still causing problems and what's > > solved. > > > > Here is the (temporary) place where you can find it : > > http://benoar.fdn.fr/yaboot/ > > > > It contains a .deb and the git repository I used to build it > > (beware, there's a lot of cruft in it caused by my experiments with > > git and debian packaging; I lack experience in both). It basically > > an up-to-date yaboot (1.3.16) + debian modifications from 1.3.13a > > (some were already integrated upstream) + Rogério Brito's debian > > packaging enhancements + some patches (namely Rick Thomas' quotes > > and spaces fix for latest linux-base, and the no /proc/ide fix > > (which IMHO fixes nothing interesting, but still)) + fixes of mine > > (mainly debian packaging). > > > > Everything should be "nicely" commited, and there's a separate > > branch with fixes but no debian stuff for upstream to pick up from > > (debian-yaboot) which was forked from repository's 1.3.13 (you'll > > see tags to get from here to the debian-1.3.13a version, then to > > this most recent debian-yaboot). The branch containing the full > > package stuff is debian-yaboot-packaging (yes, nothing standard) > > and master is actually the upstream (from ozlabs). And I forgot to > > merge the debian-yaboot-with-doc branch which contains the HTML > > documentation, please excuse me for that, it will be in the next > > one. > > > > If you want to build it yourself : > > git-buildpackage --git-upstream-branch=master \ > > --git-debian-branch=debian-yaboot-packaging > > > > Still, I may have done some mistakes, and need advices on packaging > > (I tried to listen to lintian as much as possible). > > > > Please test it and report bugs/suggestions on this ML. > > > > Message to Aurélien: it would be nice if you could comment on this > > and help getting yaboot updated. Uploading that without you would be > > painfull, please answer to this email. > > > > Regards, > > benjamin > > > > > Hi everyone, > > and thanks a lot to Benjam for his work! > > I downloaded and installed the file yaboot_1.3.16-1.1_powerpc.deb from > the link you submitted. I have a PowerMac G5 Dual 2.3 GHz (late 2005) > running Debian Lenny and MacOSX 10.5 > > I let just the package installer installing yaboot. After that I ran > ofpath and it detected correctly my two SATA Drivers. > > After that I ran yabootconfig. It creates a yaboot.conf but it stops > immediately without running mkofboot. Last massage: > 'yabootconfig: yaboot is not installed correctly, not running > mkofboot' > same here! > Checking the generated yaboot.conf shows that it fails to detect the > old kernel (no image=/boot/vmlinux.old section) and the MacOSX system. > the newly generated yaboot.conf uses the old terminology: ---- cat /etc/yaboot.conf ## yaboot.conf generated by yabootconfig 1.0.8 ## ## run: "man yaboot.conf" for details. Do not make changes until you have!! ## see also: /usr/share/doc/yaboot/examples for example configurations. ## ## For a dual-boot menu, add one or more of: ## bsd=/dev/hdaX, macos=/dev/hdaY, macosx=/dev/hdaZ boot=/dev/hda6 device=/p...@80000000/mac...@10/i...@20000/d...@0: partition=7 root=/dev/hda9 timeout=30 install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot image=/vmlinux label=Linux read-only initrd=/initrd.img initrd-size=8192 azul:~# ybin -v ybin: Finding OpenFirmware device path to `/dev/hda6'... ybin: Installing first stage bootstrap /usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot onto /dev/hda6... ybin: Installing primary bootstrap /usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot onto /dev/hda6... ybin: Installing /etc/yaboot.conf onto /dev/hda6... ybin: Setting attributes on ofboot... ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot... ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot.conf... ybin: Blessing /dev/hda6 with Holy Penguin Pee... ybin: Updating OpenFirmware boot-device variable in nvram... azul:~# ----- > Then I ran 'ybin -v' that installed correctly the new generated > yaboot.conf. As expected, the first yaboot prompt doesn't show any > x option (for MacOSX) > > I resumed my old yaboot.conf running again 'ybin -v' - which worked > correctly. > ok! > Ok, I think it's all. Let me know, if I can help further > > Regards, > tiresia > > I would like also to try to build myself an installer with this new > patched yaboot - not sure that I have enough time right now... > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/20100930222931.4adbb...@mydeb.fritz.box > -- "...agora, só nos sobrou o futuro...", visto em www.manuchao.net Gunther Furtado Curitiba - Paraná - Brasil gunfurt...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101001055946.54c1e...@azul.gbcm