On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr < herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2015-05-26 at 10:22 +0800, Clark Wang wrote: > > I have an `iBook G4` and have `Debian 8 (Jessie)` installed on it. > > Yesterday I did something stupid (messed up `yaboot.conf` and ran > > `ybin`) and now the system cannot boot up. > > > > The old Debian 8 was installed on a single partition (`/dev/sda3`, > > `ext4`). I ever put the Debian 8 netboot installation images > > (downloaded from here) under `/boot/deb/`: > > > > /boot/deb/initrd.gz > > /boot/deb/vmlinux > > /boot/deb/yaboot > > /boot/deb/yaboot.conf > > > > So how can I boot the netboot installation images from the `boot:` > > prompt and reinstall Debian 8? > > > > I tried `boot: hd:3,/boot/deb/vmlinux root=/dev/ram read-only > > initrd=/boot/deb/initrd.gz initrd-size=3000000` but it did not work. > > (The screenshot taken with my phone.) > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > -clark > > > You can use the netinst cd as a recovery cd by doing the following. > I forgot to mention that my iBook's CD drive is broken. :) > > 1. boot into the cd and at boot type recovery > Or can I boot the netboot installation images (under /boot/deb/) from the Open Firmware prompt? -clark > 2. the cd will go through the initial install process, when you get to > the part that it is setting up dhcp there should be either a 'cancell' > or 'go back' option on the bottom left. Select it > 3. it should take you to a list of options one of which is recovery > mode. select that and from there you should be able to get to a bash > prompt and fix yaboot. > >
