On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Petter Adsen <pet...@synth.no> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 May 2015 13:16:04 +0800 > Clark Wang <dearv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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? > > Can the machine boot from a USB flash drive? Or over the network? One > of these approaches might be easier for you. > I'm trying to find out how to boot form USB. Boot from network also sounds good. I'll investigate how to setup a DHCP and TFTP server on my OS X (Yosemite) and how to boot iBook from network. > > Other than that, I'm afraid I can't help you - I know nothing about > yaboot. > I never know about yaboot and Open Firmware when I was using Mac OS X on the iBook. They're all mysterious to me. Still learning. :) Thanks. -clark > > Petter > > -- > "I'm ionized" > "Are you sure?" > "I'm positive." >
