Re: RE: Simplest installation on ibook 366, ppc-cooker, floppyless.
If you have devfs=mount in your yaboot, you shouldn't need the links, they're created dynamically. Otherwise, probably a broken MAKEDEV or dev rpm. There was a lot of this occuring during x86 cooker betas. Bingo! I did a fresh-formated-cooker install then I reboot in rescue, change devfs=mount in the yaboot.conf to devfs=nomount, chroot, ybin and... It worked on the next reboot. I'am 100% cooker ! Yé! Thank you So there is effectively a problem with devfs and not the installer. Sounds like you are at least functional then with cooker? Once the remaining packages appear, things should get better. Any idea when ? Days or weeks ? Also, I didn't figure out yet what's wrong with the ADSL stuff but it doesn't work. I just pass by a ssh through my PC. P.
Re: RE: Simplest installation on ibook 366, ppc-cooker, floppyless.
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you have devfs=mount in your yaboot, you shouldn't need the links, they're created dynamically. Otherwise, probably a broken MAKEDEV or dev rpm. There was a lot of this occuring during x86 cooker betas. Bingo! I did a fresh-formated-cooker install then I reboot in rescue, change devfs=mount in the yaboot.conf to devfs=nomount, chroot, ybin and... It worked on the next reboot. I'am 100% cooker ! Yé! Great! I'm not sure why you're seeing the issue with devfs, I was running it until my machine died, and I think vdanen is too, but he's out of town and his machine is off at the moment, so I can't check. Perhaps just not fully up to date packages. Thank you So there is effectively a problem with devfs and not the installer. Sounds like you are at least functional then with cooker? Once the remaining packages appear, things should get better. Any idea when ? Days or weeks ? No idea. Once I find out, I'll spread the word though :) Also, I didn't figure out yet what's wrong with the ADSL stuff but it doesn't work. I just pass by a ssh through my PC. P. I seem to recall x86 having adsl issues also, so you may be inherting the same problem. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
Problem with video on iMac
Hello, Ive tried to read through the archives, but, unfortunately, most of the explanations didnt help because I dont know what Im reading. Im very new to Linux, and am having a problem with the PPC version of Mandrake 8.2. The installation would only work in Text Install mode. Any time I tried to use the graphical install, I would just get a blue screen with a cursor in the middle (the X). The cursor wouldnt move. Once I got it installed, I was able to boot into yaboot and fire up Linux (pressing l). At that point, I type linux and it goes through its bootup process. When it goes to switch to the next phase (X-Windows or KDE, I presume) all I get is a black screen. No cursor, no pointer no nothing. I can assume from the archives that this is a display driver problem. From there, I am quite lost. Ive no clue where to go or how to go about troubleshooting the problem. If anyone can give me a hand, Id appreciate it. Thanks much. Gabe Knuth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simplest installation on ibook 366, ppc-cooker, floppyless.
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 12:17:11PM -0400, Stew Benedict wrote: Great! I'm not sure why you're seeing the issue with devfs, I was running it until my machine died, and I think vdanen is too, but he's out of town and his machine is off at the moment, so I can't check. Perhaps just not fully up to date packages. I'm using devfs without any problems as well but I'm not running cooker on PPC. I don't think vdanen is either for the same reasons I'm not. -- Ben Reser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ben.reser.org Never take no as an answer from someone who isn't authorized to say yes.
Re: Problem with video on iMac
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Gabe Knuth wrote: Hello, I've tried to read through the archives, but, unfortunately, most of the explanations didn't help because I don't know what I'm reading. I'm very new to Linux, and am having a problem with the PPC version of Mandrake 8.2. The installation would only work in Text Install mode. Any time I tried to use the graphical install, I would just get a blue screen with a cursor in the middle (the X). The cursor wouldn't move. Once I got it installed, I was able to boot into yaboot and fire up Linux (pressing l). At that point, I type linux and it goes through it's bootup process. When it goes to switch to the next phase (X-Windows or KDE, I presume) all I get is a black screen. No cursor, no pointer - no nothing. I can assume from the archives that this is a display driver problem. From there, I am quite lost. I've no clue where to go or how to go about troubleshooting the problem. If anyone can give me a hand, I'd appreciate it. Thanks much. Start out with linux 3, which will boot to console mode, rather than straight into X. Post the output of: cat /proc/fb lspcidrake The video card is what I'm interested in. There should also be an X log from your previous run: /var/log/XFree86.0.log Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
RE: Problem with video on iMac
Hi, The result of cat /proc/fb was: 0 ATY Rage128 The result of lspcidrake was: unknown : Apple Computer Inc.|Uni-North AGP Interface Card:ATI Rage 128: ATI|Rage 128 VR AGP 1x/2x unknown : Apple Computer Inc.|UniNorth Host-PCI Bridge unknown : Apple Computer Inc.|Keylargo Mac I/O Controller usb-ohci: Apple Computer Inc.|Keylargo USB Controller usb-ohci: Apple Computer Inc.|Keylargo USB Controller unknown : Apple Computer Inc.|UniNorth Host-PCI Bridge gmac: Apple Computer Inc.|UniNorth GMAC Ethernet controller unknown : Virtual|Hub [] unknown : Y-E Data, Inc.|FlashBuster-U [Mass Storage|Floppy (UFI)|Control/Bulk/Interrupt] unknown : Virtual|Hub [] unknown : Apple Computer|Apple Keyboard Hub [ALPS] [] unknown : Apple Computer|iMac Keyboard [ALPS M2452] [Human Interface Devices|Boot Interface Subclass|Keyboard] Mouse:USB|1 button: Apple Computer|iMac Mouse [Human Interface Devices|Boot Interface Subclass|Mouse] The XFree86.0.log file follows: XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) Release Date: 23 January 2002 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18-6mdk ppc [ELF] Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/XFree86.0.log, Time: Sat Jan 2 03:31:39 1904 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (==) ServerLayout layout1 (**) |--Screen screen1 (0) (**) | |--Monitor Apple|iMac/PowerBook 1024x768 (**) | |--Device ATI Rage 128 (**) |--Input Device Mouse1 (**) |--Input Device Keyboard1 (**) Option AutoRepeat 250 30 (**) Option XkbRules xfree86 (**) XKB: rules: xfree86 (**) Option XkbModel pc105 (**) XKB: model: pc105 (**) Option XkbLayout us (**) XKB: layout: us (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (**) FontPath set to unix/:-1 (**) RgbPath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb (==) ModulePath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules (**) Option AllowMouseOpenFail (--) using VT number 7 (WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory) (II) Module ABI versions: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1 XFree86 Video Driver: 0.5 XFree86 XInput driver : 0.3 XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1 XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.3 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: bitmap (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a (II) Module bitmap: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3 (II) Loading font Bitmap (II) LoadModule: pcidata (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a (II) Module pcidata: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 106b,0020 card , rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 1002,524c card 1002,524c rev 00 class 03,80,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 01:0b:0: chip 106b,001f card , rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 01:17:0: chip 106b,0022 card , rev 02 class ff,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 01:18:0: chip 106b,0019 card , rev 00 class 0c,03,10 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 01:19:0: chip 106b,0019 card , rev 00 class 0c,03,10 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 02:0b:0: chip 106b,001e card , rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 02:0f:0: chip 106b,0021 card , rev 00 class 02,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: End of PCI scan (II) LoadModule: scanpci (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Module scanpci: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) UnloadModule: scanpci (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:11:0), (-1,0,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 0 I/O range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B] (II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 1: bridge is at (1:11:0), (-1,1,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 1 I/O range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B] (II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 2: bridge is at (2:11:0), (-1,2,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN
RE: Problem with video on iMac (more)
I goofed and didn't post the entire XFree86.0.log file (I only missed the last few lines). The full version follows. XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) Release Date: 23 January 2002 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18-6mdk ppc [ELF] Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/XFree86.0.log, Time: Sat Jan 2 03:31:39 1904 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (==) ServerLayout layout1 (**) |--Screen screen1 (0) (**) | |--Monitor Apple|iMac/PowerBook 1024x768 (**) | |--Device ATI Rage 128 (**) |--Input Device Mouse1 (**) |--Input Device Keyboard1 (**) Option AutoRepeat 250 30 (**) Option XkbRules xfree86 (**) XKB: rules: xfree86 (**) Option XkbModel pc105 (**) XKB: model: pc105 (**) Option XkbLayout us (**) XKB: layout: us (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (**) FontPath set to unix/:-1 (**) RgbPath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb (==) ModulePath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules (**) Option AllowMouseOpenFail (--) using VT number 7 (WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory) (II) Module ABI versions: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1 XFree86 Video Driver: 0.5 XFree86 XInput driver : 0.3 XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1 XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.3 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: bitmap (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a (II) Module bitmap: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3 (II) Loading font Bitmap (II) LoadModule: pcidata (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a (II) Module pcidata: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 106b,0020 card , rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 1002,524c card 1002,524c rev 00 class 03,80,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 01:0b:0: chip 106b,001f card , rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 01:17:0: chip 106b,0022 card , rev 02 class ff,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 01:18:0: chip 106b,0019 card , rev 00 class 0c,03,10 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 01:19:0: chip 106b,0019 card , rev 00 class 0c,03,10 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 02:0b:0: chip 106b,001e card , rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 02:0f:0: chip 106b,0021 card , rev 00 class 02,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: End of PCI scan (II) LoadModule: scanpci (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Module scanpci: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) UnloadModule: scanpci (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:11:0), (-1,0,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 0 I/O range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B] (II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 1: bridge is at (1:11:0), (-1,1,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 1 I/O range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B] (II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 2: bridge is at (2:11:0), (-1,2,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 2 I/O range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B] (II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (--) PCI:*(0:16:0) ATI Rage 128 RL rev 0, Mem @ 0x9400/26, 0x9000/14, I/O @ 0x0400/8, BIOS @ 0x9002/17 (II) Addressable bus resource ranges are [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] [1] -1 0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B] (II) OS-reported resource ranges: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x1) MX[B] [1] -1 0x - 0x (0x1) MX[B] [2] -1 0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B] [3] -1 0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B] (II) Active PCI resource ranges: [0] -1 0xf520 - 0xf53f (0x20) MX[B] [1] -1 0x8008 - 0x80080fff (0x1000) MX[B] [2] -1
RE: Problem with video on iMac (more)
Ahh - i2c 2 ways to work around it: Option composite_sync off in the Device section of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (below BusID would work) or disable the i2c driver cd /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/ mv libi2c.a libi2c.bad Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
Re: iMac266, OSX Man82ppc installation won't boot
Okay, here's what I've discovered. Booted to rescue mode, did the chroot and
I have NO yaboot.conf in my /etc/ directory! It would appear that I don't
have a valid boot loader installed at all. I haven't been able to find a way
to install it. When I mess with ybin I keep getting an error indicating I
need to specify the deive for the bootstrap partition in the form
boot=/dev/hdaX - that device should be hda8 according to the Mandrake setup
that shows the blessed bootstrap partition as 8. What can I do to get
yaboot going?
To sum up, it appears that the Open Firmware is going to the right partition
and not finding boot info...
I'm pretty sure this is a dumb question, but can I run grub instead?
Damon
On Sunday, September 29, 2002, at 08:43 PM, Damon Garn wrote:
[...]
Attempted the following:
1. suggested fix of cmd-opt-o-f and set the OF option to the
designated partition (*) with 'setenv boot-device hd:8;\\tbxi' then
'shut-down'
What is /dev/hda8 (ie. what partition is this? /boot? the apple
bootstrap?)
[This was the designated partition identified by the M8.2 install as
the
blessed partition where the normal startup would go to look for the
boot
manager (as I understand the process). The expert mode setup said to
write
that partition number down and use the above process in case of a
failed
boot. The OSX partitions are previous to that and the 3 Linux
partitions I
created follow it. ]
Ok, so you went into OF and did a setenv boot-device hd:8,\\:tbxi?
(My syntax could be slightly off). I had to do this last night myself,
booting from an 8.2 install CD into rescue mode and running ybin in
chroot as I booted into OS X and changed the startup disk to boot into
OS9 so I could upgrade the version of palmos on my palm. Does
printenv boot-device show the correct thing?
I'm not really sure what else to suggest. The strangest behaviour I've
got is when turning on my G4 (after it's been off), it loads up a grey
screen and stalls, and I have to power down again. Once I power up the
second time, ybin comes up just fine for me.
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RE: Problem with video on iMac (more)
Great! Thanks. The first solution didn't work, but the second one did the trick. Would it be too much trouble to explain to me the problem, what i2c is, and so on? I'm very new, and would appreciate all the info I can get. I've been doing the Microsoft thing way too long. Also, is there anything I'm going to miss now that I have disabled i2c? Thanks again, Gabe [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Stew Benedict Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 6:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Problem with video on iMac (more) Ahh - i2c 2 ways to work around it: Option composite_sync off in the Device section of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (below BusID would work) or disable the i2c driver cd /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/ mv libi2c.a libi2c.bad Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
Re: iMac266, OSX Man82ppc installation won't boot
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Damon Garn wrote:
Okay, here's what I've discovered. Booted to rescue mode, did the chroot and
I have NO yaboot.conf in my /etc/ directory! It would appear that I don't
have a valid boot loader installed at all. I haven't been able to find a way
to install it. When I mess with ybin I keep getting an error indicating I
need to specify the deive for the bootstrap partition in the form
boot=/dev/hdaX - that device should be hda8 according to the Mandrake setup
that shows the blessed bootstrap partition as 8. What can I do to get
yaboot going?
To sum up, it appears that the Open Firmware is going to the right partition
and not finding boot info...
I'm pretty sure this is a dumb question, but can I run grub instead?
Damon
Nope - can't use grub. This should get you going - edit appropriately and
make sure the kernel and initrd referenced are in /boot. This is a new
one, don't think I've seen anyone report this before.
#yaboot.conf - generated by DrakX
init-message=\nWelcome to Mandrake Linux!\n
boot=/dev/hda6
ofboot=hd:6
delay=30
timeout=50
install=/usr/local/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/local/lib/yaboot/ofboot
enablecdboot
enableofboot
defaultos=linux
default=linux
image=hd:7,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk
label=linux
root=/dev/hda14
initrd=hd:7,/initrd-2.4.18-6.1mdk.img
append= devfs=mount
read-only
On Sunday, September 29, 2002, at 08:43 PM, Damon Garn wrote:
[...]
Attempted the following:
1. suggested fix of cmd-opt-o-f and set the OF option to the
designated partition (*) with 'setenv boot-device hd:8;\\tbxi' then
'shut-down'
What is /dev/hda8 (ie. what partition is this? /boot? the apple
bootstrap?)
[This was the designated partition identified by the M8.2 install as
the
blessed partition where the normal startup would go to look for the
boot
manager (as I understand the process). The expert mode setup said to
write
that partition number down and use the above process in case of a
failed
boot. The OSX partitions are previous to that and the 3 Linux
partitions I
created follow it. ]
Ok, so you went into OF and did a setenv boot-device hd:8,\\:tbxi?
(My syntax could be slightly off). I had to do this last night myself,
booting from an 8.2 install CD into rescue mode and running ybin in
chroot as I booted into OS X and changed the startup disk to boot into
OS9 so I could upgrade the version of palmos on my palm. Does
printenv boot-device show the correct thing?
I'm not really sure what else to suggest. The strangest behaviour I've
got is when turning on my G4 (after it's been off), it loads up a grey
screen and stalls, and I have to power down again. Once I power up the
second time, ybin comes up just fine for me.
--
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lynx - source http://linsec.ca/vdanen.asc | gpg --import
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RE: Problem with video on iMac (more)
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Gabe Knuth wrote: Great! Thanks. The first solution didn't work, but the second one did the trick. Would it be too much trouble to explain to me the problem, what i2c is, and so on? I'm very new, and would appreciate all the info I can get. I've been doing the Microsoft thing way too long. Also, is there anything I'm going to miss now that I have disabled i2c? I'm not entirely sure what the underlying problem is. I know it crept in at the tail end of the 8.2 cycle when we where reworking X for other r128 issues. Probably a bad combination of patches or an endian issue. I don't think you're going to miss out on much, as you're still using the native ati driver, rather than fbdev. It's not present on all r128, and on Mach64 it manifests itself as an interest flashing phenomena. Thanks again, Gabe [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Stew Benedict Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 6:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Problem with video on iMac (more) Ahh - i2c 2 ways to work around it: Option composite_sync off in the Device section of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (below BusID would work) or disable the i2c driver cd /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/ mv libi2c.a libi2c.bad Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
Re: iMac266, OSX Man82ppc installation won't boot
Hmmm maybe I'm too tired to be doing this... I didn't do the chroot /mnt
correctly the first time and so my lack of a yaboot wasn't really
accurate. Sorry. Anyway, once I discovered this I (correctly) went to the
system's root and verified several things as suggested in previous posts:
1. yaboot.conf looks normal to me; I've reproduced it below:
#yaboot.conf - generated by Drakx
init-message=\nWelcome to Mandrake Linux!\n
boot=/dev/hda8
ofboot=hd:8
delay=30
timeout=50
install=/usr/local/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/loca/lib/yaboot/ofboot
enablecdboot
enableofboot
defaultos=linux
default=linux
image=hd:9,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk
label=linux
root=/dev/hda11
initrd=hda:9,/initrd-2.4.18-6.1mdk.img
append= devfs=mount
read-only
image=hd:9,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk
label=failsafe
root=/dev/hda11
initrd=hda:9,/initrd-2.4.18-6.1mdk.img
append= devfs=mount failsafe
read-only
macos=hd:6
2. ran ybin -v and it confirmed installation and configuration. Output as
follows:
ybin: /proc filesystem is not mounted, nvram will not be updated
ybin: installing first stage bootstrap /usr/local/lib/yaboot/ofboot onto
/dev/hda8
ybin: installing primary bootstrap /usr/local/lib/yaboot/yaboot onto
/dev/hda8
ybin: installing /etc/yaboot.conf onto /dev/hda8
ybin: Setting attributes on ofboot...
ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot...
ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot.conf...
ybin: Blessing /dev/hda8 with Holy Penguin Pee...
Could the Holy Penguin Pee have shorted out my system?
3. during the rescue mode boot from CD it finds the following: probable
root partition on /dev/hda11 (type ext3) and Mounting /dev/hda9 on
/mnt/boot type ext2
What about the i386 versions of Linux where the boot info must reside within
the first 1024 cylinders of the drive?
Damon
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Damon Garn wrote:
Okay, here's what I've discovered. Booted to rescue mode, did the chroot
and
I have NO yaboot.conf in my /etc/ directory! It would appear that I
don't
have a valid boot loader installed at all. I haven't been able to find a
way
to install it. When I mess with ybin I keep getting an error indicating
I
need to specify the deive for the bootstrap partition in the form
boot=/dev/hdaX - that device should be hda8 according to the Mandrake
setup
that shows the blessed bootstrap partition as 8. What can I do to get
yaboot going?
To sum up, it appears that the Open Firmware is going to the right
partition
and not finding boot info...
I'm pretty sure this is a dumb question, but can I run grub instead?
Damon
Nope - can't use grub. This should get you going - edit appropriately and
make sure the kernel and initrd referenced are in /boot. This is a new
one, don't think I've seen anyone report this before.
#yaboot.conf - generated by DrakX
init-message=\nWelcome to Mandrake Linux!\n
boot=/dev/hda6
ofboot=hd:6
delay=30
timeout=50
install=/usr/local/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/local/lib/yaboot/ofboot
enablecdboot
enableofboot
defaultos=linux
default=linux
image=hd:7,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk
label=linux
root=/dev/hda14
initrd=hd:7,/initrd-2.4.18-6.1mdk.img
append= devfs=mount
read-only
On Sunday, September 29, 2002, at 08:43 PM, Damon Garn wrote:
[...]
Attempted the following:
1. suggested fix of cmd-opt-o-f and set the OF option to the
designated partition (*) with 'setenv boot-device hd:8;\\tbxi' then
'shut-down'
What is /dev/hda8 (ie. what partition is this? /boot? the apple
bootstrap?)
[This was the designated partition identified by the M8.2 install as
the
blessed partition where the normal startup would go to look for the
boot
manager (as I understand the process). The expert mode setup said to
write
that partition number down and use the above process in case of a
failed
boot. The OSX partitions are previous to that and the 3 Linux
partitions I
created follow it. ]
Ok, so you went into OF and did a setenv boot-device hd:8,\\:tbxi?
(My syntax could be slightly off). I had to do this last night myself,
booting from an 8.2 install CD into rescue mode and running ybin in
chroot as I booted into OS X and changed the startup disk to boot into
OS9 so I could upgrade the version of palmos on my palm. Does
printenv boot-device show the correct thing?
I'm not really sure what else to suggest. The strangest behaviour I've
got is when turning on my G4 (after it's been off), it loads up a grey
screen and stalls, and I have to power down again. Once I power up the
second time, ybin comes up just fine for me.
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Re: iMac266, OSX Man82ppc installation won't boot
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Damon Garn wrote: Hmmm maybe I'm too tired to be doing this... I didn't do the chroot /mnt correctly the first time and so my lack of a yaboot wasn't really accurate. Sorry. Anyway, once I discovered this I (correctly) went to the system's root and verified several things as suggested in previous posts: 1. yaboot.conf looks normal to me; I've reproduced it below: #yaboot.conf - generated by Drakx init-message=\nWelcome to Mandrake Linux!\n boot=/dev/hda8 ofboot=hd:8 delay=30 timeout=50 install=/usr/local/lib/yaboot/yaboot magicboot=/usr/loca/lib/yaboot/ofboot enablecdboot enableofboot defaultos=linux default=linux image=hd:9,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk label=linux root=/dev/hda11 initrd=hda:9,/initrd-2.4.18-6.1mdk.img append= devfs=mount read-only image=hd:9,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk label=failsafe root=/dev/hda11 initrd=hda:9,/initrd-2.4.18-6.1mdk.img append= devfs=mount failsafe read-only macos=hd:6 2. ran ybin -v and it confirmed installation and configuration. Output as follows: ybin: /proc filesystem is not mounted, nvram will not be updated ybin: installing first stage bootstrap /usr/local/lib/yaboot/ofboot onto /dev/hda8 ybin: installing primary bootstrap /usr/local/lib/yaboot/yaboot onto /dev/hda8 ybin: installing /etc/yaboot.conf onto /dev/hda8 ybin: Setting attributes on ofboot... ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot... ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot.conf... ybin: Blessing /dev/hda8 with Holy Penguin Pee... Could the Holy Penguin Pee have shorted out my system? 3. during the rescue mode boot from CD it finds the following: probable root partition on /dev/hda11 (type ext3) and Mounting /dev/hda9 on /mnt/boot type ext2 What about the i386 versions of Linux where the boot info must reside within the first 1024 cylinders of the drive? Damon There was a problem on some of the old iMacs where yaboot needed to be in the first 2GB? or so. Wasn't much of an issue until folks started upgrading them with big drives. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
Re: iMac266, OSX Man82ppc installation won't boot
Hmm This is an upgraded hd with OSX in the first 7.5GB and a data drive in the second 7.5GB, with the remaining 15 or so GB being free space (and being where I am attempting to put the blessed partition, the /boot partition, the / partition and the /swap partition... How could I get yaboot into the first 2GB without repartitioning? Can it be installed thru OSX? Damon - Original Message - From: Stew Benedict [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 7:36 PM Subject: Re: iMac266, OSX Man82ppc installation won't boot On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Damon Garn wrote: Hmmm maybe I'm too tired to be doing this... I didn't do the chroot /mnt correctly the first time and so my lack of a yaboot wasn't really accurate. Sorry. Anyway, once I discovered this I (correctly) went to the system's root and verified several things as suggested in previous posts: 1. yaboot.conf looks normal to me; I've reproduced it below: #yaboot.conf - generated by Drakx init-message=\nWelcome to Mandrake Linux!\n boot=/dev/hda8 ofboot=hd:8 delay=30 timeout=50 install=/usr/local/lib/yaboot/yaboot magicboot=/usr/loca/lib/yaboot/ofboot enablecdboot enableofboot defaultos=linux default=linux image=hd:9,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk label=linux root=/dev/hda11 initrd=hda:9,/initrd-2.4.18-6.1mdk.img append= devfs=mount read-only image=hd:9,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk label=failsafe root=/dev/hda11 initrd=hda:9,/initrd-2.4.18-6.1mdk.img append= devfs=mount failsafe read-only macos=hd:6 2. ran ybin -v and it confirmed installation and configuration. Output as follows: ybin: /proc filesystem is not mounted, nvram will not be updated ybin: installing first stage bootstrap /usr/local/lib/yaboot/ofboot onto /dev/hda8 ybin: installing primary bootstrap /usr/local/lib/yaboot/yaboot onto /dev/hda8 ybin: installing /etc/yaboot.conf onto /dev/hda8 ybin: Setting attributes on ofboot... ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot... ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot.conf... ybin: Blessing /dev/hda8 with Holy Penguin Pee... Could the Holy Penguin Pee have shorted out my system? 3. during the rescue mode boot from CD it finds the following: probable root partition on /dev/hda11 (type ext3) and Mounting /dev/hda9 on /mnt/boot type ext2 What about the i386 versions of Linux where the boot info must reside within the first 1024 cylinders of the drive? Damon There was a problem on some of the old iMacs where yaboot needed to be in the first 2GB? or so. Wasn't much of an issue until folks started upgrading them with big drives. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
Re: iMac266, OSX Man82ppc installation won't boot
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Damon Garn wrote: Hmm This is an upgraded hd with OSX in the first 7.5GB and a data drive in the second 7.5GB, with the remaining 15 or so GB being free space (and being where I am attempting to put the blessed partition, the /boot partition, the / partition and the /swap partition... How could I get yaboot into the first 2GB without repartitioning? Can it be installed thru OSX? No way that I know of. I don't have OSX, but yaboot really should be on it's own partition, though I've seen folks do workarounds. (check the linuxppc archives). Problem then becomes doing kernel upgrades when you can't access it from the Linux side. My preference is to keep the seperate OS's as seperate as possible. Damon - Original Message - From: Stew Benedict [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 7:36 PM Subject: Re: iMac266, OSX Man82ppc installation won't boot On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Damon Garn wrote: Hmmm maybe I'm too tired to be doing this... I didn't do the chroot /mnt correctly the first time and so my lack of a yaboot wasn't really accurate. Sorry. Anyway, once I discovered this I (correctly) went to the system's root and verified several things as suggested in previous posts: 1. yaboot.conf looks normal to me; I've reproduced it below: #yaboot.conf - generated by Drakx init-message=\nWelcome to Mandrake Linux!\n boot=/dev/hda8 ofboot=hd:8 delay=30 timeout=50 install=/usr/local/lib/yaboot/yaboot magicboot=/usr/loca/lib/yaboot/ofboot enablecdboot enableofboot defaultos=linux default=linux image=hd:9,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk label=linux root=/dev/hda11 initrd=hda:9,/initrd-2.4.18-6.1mdk.img append= devfs=mount read-only image=hd:9,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk label=failsafe root=/dev/hda11 initrd=hda:9,/initrd-2.4.18-6.1mdk.img append= devfs=mount failsafe read-only macos=hd:6 2. ran ybin -v and it confirmed installation and configuration. Output as follows: ybin: /proc filesystem is not mounted, nvram will not be updated ybin: installing first stage bootstrap /usr/local/lib/yaboot/ofboot onto /dev/hda8 ybin: installing primary bootstrap /usr/local/lib/yaboot/yaboot onto /dev/hda8 ybin: installing /etc/yaboot.conf onto /dev/hda8 ybin: Setting attributes on ofboot... ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot... ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot.conf... ybin: Blessing /dev/hda8 with Holy Penguin Pee... Could the Holy Penguin Pee have shorted out my system? 3. during the rescue mode boot from CD it finds the following: probable root partition on /dev/hda11 (type ext3) and Mounting /dev/hda9 on /mnt/boot type ext2 What about the i386 versions of Linux where the boot info must reside within the first 1024 cylinders of the drive? Damon There was a problem on some of the old iMacs where yaboot needed to be in the first 2GB? or so. Wasn't much of an issue until folks started upgrading them with big drives. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
Re: iMac266, OSX Man82ppc installation won't boot
yaboot on it's own partition? I thought it was on the /boot partition for Mandrake PPC? And that the Open Firmware would go to the blessed partition then get redirected to the /boot where yaboot exists? I'm thinking I'm way off base here... Can I ask for partitioning suggestions based on the following info: OSX on the first 7.5GB Data on the second 7.5GB From there my assumption was the blessed partition had its own space, a separate /boot partition of about 40MB was needed, a / partition for the file system was necessary, the a swap partition for virtual memory. Is that wrong? Should the /boot and blessed partitions be the same? Is that where I've gone wrong? When I looked at the installer's depiction of the partitions I could see the two Mac partitions, then the 4 above listed partitions (with the blessed partition just following the two Mac partitions)... Damon - Original Message - From: Stew Benedict [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 8:02 PM Subject: Re: iMac266, OSX Man82ppc installation won't boot On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Damon Garn wrote: Hmm This is an upgraded hd with OSX in the first 7.5GB and a data drive in the second 7.5GB, with the remaining 15 or so GB being free space (and being where I am attempting to put the blessed partition, the /boot partition, the / partition and the /swap partition... How could I get yaboot into the first 2GB without repartitioning? Can it be installed thru OSX? No way that I know of. I don't have OSX, but yaboot really should be on it's own partition, though I've seen folks do workarounds. (check the linuxppc archives). Problem then becomes doing kernel upgrades when you can't access it from the Linux side. My preference is to keep the seperate OS's as seperate as possible. Damon - Original Message - From: Stew Benedict [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 7:36 PM Subject: Re: iMac266, OSX Man82ppc installation won't boot On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Damon Garn wrote: Hmmm maybe I'm too tired to be doing this... I didn't do the chroot /mnt correctly the first time and so my lack of a yaboot wasn't really accurate. Sorry. Anyway, once I discovered this I (correctly) went to the system's root and verified several things as suggested in previous posts: 1. yaboot.conf looks normal to me; I've reproduced it below: #yaboot.conf - generated by Drakx init-message=\nWelcome to Mandrake Linux!\n boot=/dev/hda8 ofboot=hd:8 delay=30 timeout=50 install=/usr/local/lib/yaboot/yaboot magicboot=/usr/loca/lib/yaboot/ofboot enablecdboot enableofboot defaultos=linux default=linux image=hd:9,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk label=linux root=/dev/hda11 initrd=hda:9,/initrd-2.4.18-6.1mdk.img append= devfs=mount read-only image=hd:9,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk label=failsafe root=/dev/hda11 initrd=hda:9,/initrd-2.4.18-6.1mdk.img append= devfs=mount failsafe read-only macos=hd:6 2. ran ybin -v and it confirmed installation and configuration. Output as follows: ybin: /proc filesystem is not mounted, nvram will not be updated ybin: installing first stage bootstrap /usr/local/lib/yaboot/ofboot onto /dev/hda8 ybin: installing primary bootstrap /usr/local/lib/yaboot/yaboot onto /dev/hda8 ybin: installing /etc/yaboot.conf onto /dev/hda8 ybin: Setting attributes on ofboot... ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot... ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot.conf... ybin: Blessing /dev/hda8 with Holy Penguin Pee... Could the Holy Penguin Pee have shorted out my system? 3. during the rescue mode boot from CD it finds the following: probable root partition on /dev/hda11 (type ext3) and Mounting /dev/hda9 on /mnt/boot type ext2 What about the i386 versions of Linux where the boot info must reside within the first 1024 cylinders of the drive? Damon There was a problem on some of the old iMacs where yaboot needed to be in the first 2GB? or so. Wasn't much of an issue until folks started upgrading them with big drives. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
Re: iMac266, OSX Man82ppc installation won't boot
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 07:49:51PM -0600, Damon Garn wrote: Hmm This is an upgraded hd with OSX in the first 7.5GB and a data drive in the second 7.5GB, with the remaining 15 or so GB being free space (and being where I am attempting to put the blessed partition, the /boot partition, the / partition and the /swap partition... How could I get yaboot into the first 2GB without repartitioning? Can it be installed thru OSX? You can't. Unless there is a utility like Partition Magic for the Mac. But I'm not aware of one.Best way to do it is to leave a 1MB partition on the hard-drive as the first partition. Then use that as your boot strap. Make sure to leave it as Apple_Free. Otherwise the installer won't to cooperate with you and use it. -- Ben Reser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ben.reser.org Never take no as an answer from someone who isn't authorized to say yes.
Re: iMac266, OSX Man82ppc installation won't boot
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 08:30:07PM -0600, Damon Garn wrote: yaboot on it's own partition? I thought it was on the /boot partition for Mandrake PPC? And that the Open Firmware would go to the blessed partition then get redirected to the /boot where yaboot exists? I'm thinking I'm way off base here... Can I ask for partitioning suggestions based on the following info: OSX on the first 7.5GB Data on the second 7.5GB From there my assumption was the blessed partition had its own space, a separate /boot partition of about 40MB was needed, a / partition for the file system was necessary, the a swap partition for virtual memory. Is that wrong? Should the /boot and blessed partitions be the same? Is that where I've gone wrong? When I looked at the installer's depiction of the partitions I could see the two Mac partitions, then the 4 above listed partitions (with the blessed partition just following the two Mac partitions)... /boot is on the / partition for Mandrake PPC. Linux/PPC uses the /boot as the bootstrap. Mandrake uses a small 1MB bootstrap partition and then puts /boot on just the root partition. Just a fundamentally different boot design. Threw me at first too. But as a result yaboot basically gets it's own partition, the bootstrap. -- Ben Reser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ben.reser.org Never take no as an answer from someone who isn't authorized to say yes.
