RE: I lost yaboot!
A million thanks !! The Cmd-Opt-P-R solution worked just perfect! Thanks again everyone for the understanding and all the help! -Original Message- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Gimpelevich Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 8:39 AM To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: I lost yaboot! On most (but not all) models that use yaboot, you don't need to bother with a LiveCD or d-i to restore a lost yaboot. Just boot with the Option key and yaboot should be an option. A different method can work depending not on the model, but on your partition layout, and that is to zap the PRAM (Cmd-Opt-P-R). Since you have already pasted your parted output, I can tell you that this second method WILL work for you, guaranteed. No mounting, no chroot, no ybin necessary, unless of course you already messed everything up by overwriting your bootstrap partition with ybin from d-i. On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:34:26 +0300, Petris Dimitrios wrote: It says that it cannot find yaboot.conf: using default Cannot write nvram Now what? PS. Sorry for asking so many questions! But I am a bit of newbe to linux in ppcs. -Original Message- From: Peter Voigt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 3:25 PM To: Petris Dimitrios Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: I lost yaboot! Am 09.06.2006 um 13:37 schrieb Petris Dimitrios: I went into the sbin dir. The ybin command says not fount! Did you try /usr/sbin/ybin after chrooting into /dev/disc0/. ? Friendly, Peter Voigt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ NOD32 1.1592 (20060611) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
RE: I lost yaboot!
On most (but not all) models that use yaboot, you don't need to bother with a LiveCD or d-i to restore a lost yaboot. Just boot with the Option key and yaboot should be an option. A different method can work depending not on the model, but on your partition layout, and that is to zap the PRAM (Cmd-Opt-P-R). Since you have already pasted your parted output, I can tell you that this second method WILL work for you, guaranteed. No mounting, no chroot, no ybin necessary, unless of course you already messed everything up by overwriting your bootstrap partition with ybin from d-i. On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:34:26 +0300, Petris Dimitrios wrote: It says that it cannot find yaboot.conf: using default Cannot write nvram Now what? PS. Sorry for asking so many questions! But I am a bit of newbe to linux in ppcs. -Original Message- From: Peter Voigt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 3:25 PM To: Petris Dimitrios Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: I lost yaboot! Am 09.06.2006 um 13:37 schrieb Petris Dimitrios: I went into the sbin dir. The ybin command says not fount! Did you try /usr/sbin/ybin after chrooting into /dev/disc0/. ? Friendly, Peter Voigt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: I lost yaboot!
I ve made the directory new_dir but it seems that /dev/hda2 does not exist. Where are the partitios stored so that I can mpount them? The proc/partitions has all the partitions on thw disc but I cannot find the devices. -Original Message- From: Sven Luther [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 5:43 PM To: Petris Dimitrios Cc: 'Peter Voigt'; debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: I lost yaboot! On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 04:21:08PM +0300, Petris Dimitrios wrote: Sorry fir the previous empty message, just ignore it. The command is : mount /dev/hda2/ /new_dir And the output is : mount /dev/hda2/ /new_dir failed. No such file or directory try a mkdir /new_dir ? Friendly, Sven Luther
Re: I lost yaboot!
On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 12:32:48PM +0300, Petris Dimitrios wrote: I ve made the directory new_dir but it seems that /dev/hda2 does not exist. Where are the partitios stored so that I can mpount them? The proc/partitions has all the partitions on thw disc but I cannot find the devices. You are using sarge d-i, right ? Please use the etch beta2 d-i, or use a devfs style partition name. Look at /proc/disks for detail, i think. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I lost yaboot!
On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 01:22:49PM +0300, Petris Dimitrios wrote: In dev/discs it has a disc0 dir. I get into it and it directs me into /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/ where are placed files named : part part1 part2 ... part8. I tried to mount one of them but it gave the same error as before. PS.I have the sarge d-i and I can't download the beta2 at this time. Did you try running parted, and what did it tell you about the filesystems on your disk ? did you create the mount point as i asked you ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: I lost yaboot!
In dev/discs it has a disc0 dir. I get into it and it directs me into /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/ where are placed files named : part part1 part2 ... part8. I tried to mount one of them but it gave the same error as before. PS.I have the sarge d-i and I can't download the beta2 at this time. Επισκεφθείτε το Venus - Την On-line κοινότητα φοιτητών Πληροφορικής του Ο.Π.Α. -Original Message- From: Sven Luther [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 12:57 PM To: Petris Dimitrios Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: I lost yaboot! On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 12:32:48PM +0300, Petris Dimitrios wrote: I ve made the directory new_dir but it seems that /dev/hda2 does not exist. Where are the partitios stored so that I can mpount them? The proc/partitions has all the partitions on thw disc but I cannot find the devices. You are using sarge d-i, right ? Please use the etch beta2 d-i, or use a devfs style partition name. Look at /proc/disks for detail, i think. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ NOD32 1.1588 (20060609) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
RE: I lost yaboot!
I just run parted!How can I mount the root partition now? It has various commands but none of them is about mounting a partition. -Original Message- From: Sven Luther [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 1:32 PM To: Petris Dimitrios Cc: 'Sven Luther'; debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: I lost yaboot! On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 01:22:49PM +0300, Petris Dimitrios wrote: In dev/discs it has a disc0 dir. I get into it and it directs me into /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/ where are placed files named : part part1 part2 ... part8. I tried to mount one of them but it gave the same error as before. PS.I have the sarge d-i and I can't download the beta2 at this time. Did you try running parted, and what did it tell you about the filesystems on your disk ? did you create the mount point as i asked you ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ NOD32 1.1588 (20060609) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I lost yaboot!
On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 01:40:17PM +0300, Petris Dimitrios wrote: I just run parted!How can I mount the root partition now? It has various commands but none of them is about mounting a partition. Use the print command, and paste me here the output (or the important part). Did you make sure the mount point is created ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I lost yaboot!
On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 02:17:58PM +0300, Petris Dimitrios wrote: Print: Minor Start End FS Name Flags 1 Apple 2 hfs bootstrapboot 4 reizerfsdebian 6 linux-swap swap swap 3 hfs+Apple_HFS... 5 hfs+Apple_HfS... Yes I have created the /new_dir! So, your partition would be : 4 reizerfsdebian and you need to : mount /proc/disks/.../part4 /new_dir Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: I lost yaboot!
Print: Minor Start End FS Name Flags 1 Apple 2 hfs bootstrapboot 4 reizerfsdebian 6 linux-swap swap swap 3 hfs+Apple_HFS... 5 hfs+Apple_HfS... Yes I have created the /new_dir! -Original Message- From: Sven Luther [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 2:03 PM To: Petris Dimitrios Cc: 'Sven Luther'; debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: I lost yaboot! On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 01:40:17PM +0300, Petris Dimitrios wrote: I just run parted!How can I mount the root partition now? It has various commands but none of them is about mounting a partition. Use the print command, and paste me here the output (or the important part). Did you make sure the mount point is created ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ NOD32 1.1588 (20060609) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: I lost yaboot!
I managed to mount it! Thanx I went into the sbin dir. The ybin command says not fount! -Original Message- From: Sven Luther [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 2:25 PM To: Petris Dimitrios Cc: 'Sven Luther'; debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: I lost yaboot! On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 02:17:58PM +0300, Petris Dimitrios wrote: Print: Minor Start End FS Name Flags 1 Apple 2 hfs bootstrapboot 4 reizerfsdebian 6 linux-swap swap swap 3 hfs+Apple_HFS... 5 hfs+Apple_HfS... Yes I have created the /new_dir! So, your partition would be : 4 reizerfsdebian and you need to : mount /proc/disks/.../part4 /new_dir Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ NOD32 1.1588 (20060609) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I lost yaboot!
On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 02:37:46PM +0300, Petris Dimitrios wrote: I managed to mount it! Thanx I went into the sbin dir. The ybin command says not fount! Ah, there someone else should help you, i am no yaboot/powermac expert. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I lost yaboot!
Am 09.06.2006 um 13:37 schrieb Petris Dimitrios: I went into the sbin dir. The ybin command says not fount! Did you try /usr/sbin/ybin after chrooting into /dev/disc0/. ? Friendly, Peter Voigt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I lost yaboot!
Am 09.06.2006 um 14:34 schrieb Petris Dimitrios: It says that it cannot find yaboot.conf: using default Cannot write nvram Now what? Please try to generate a simple yaboot.conf with /usr/sbin/yabootconfig (I believe yabootconfig is the correct spelling. If not, change appropriate.) Then you can edit /etc/yaboot.conf as you need. Friendly Peter Voigt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: I lost yaboot!
It says that it cannot find yaboot.conf: using default Cannot write nvram Now what? PS. Sorry for asking so many questions! But I am a bit of newbe to linux in ppcs. -Original Message- From: Peter Voigt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 3:25 PM To: Petris Dimitrios Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: I lost yaboot! Am 09.06.2006 um 13:37 schrieb Petris Dimitrios: I went into the sbin dir. The ybin command says not fount! Did you try /usr/sbin/ybin after chrooting into /dev/disc0/. ? Friendly, Peter Voigt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ NOD32 1.1588 (20060609) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I lost yaboot!
Am 08.06.2006 um 00:35 schrieb Felix C. Stegerman: * Petris Dimitrios [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-06-07 18:57]: I have a powerbook G4 and debian installed on it. I recently lost my yaboot bootloader and it starts automatically with osx. Does anyone know how to restore the bootloader without losing any data? If you still have a working yaboot.conf, you can boot from an install CD or a Live CD (I usually use a Ubuntu Live CD), chroot into your system and just run `ybin -v`. Otherwise, assuming you didn't get into this trouble by having a bad yaboot.conf in the first place, you might be able to extract your yaboot.conf from the boot partition. If you need any help with any of this, all you have to do is ask ;-) You can use a debian-installer-cd too. Go through the normal install-process until the point, where the question appears, how to use the disk (use whole disk or manuall partition). At that stage: DO NOT PARTITION YOUR DISC. Change to the second console, make the needed mount-directories (mkdir), mount the debian-partition's appropiate, chroot into the debian-root-partition, mount /proc, run sbin (you need the complete path to sbin) and that' all. Umount /proc, exit chroot, reboot. Bye Peter Voigt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: I lost yaboot!
I boot with my installation cd and when I when reached the partitioning stage I went to console 2 and tried to mount my root partition. However it seems that I am not doing something right. I created a dir and tried to mount the /dev/hda2 partition (which is my root) but it says falied! Help! -Original Message- From: Sven Luther [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:23 AM To: Petris Dimitrios Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: I lost yaboot! On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 07:57:22PM +0300, Petris Dimitrios wrote: Hello there, I have a powerbook G4 and debian installed on it. I recently lost my yaboot bootloader and it starts automatically with osx. Does anyone know how to restore the bootloader without losing any data? Boot into the box with d-i, when it reaches the partitioning stage, go to console 2, mount your root partition, chroot into it, mount /proc and /sys, check your yaboot.conf and rerun ybin. This should mostly do it, but YMMV. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I lost yaboot!
Am 08.06.2006 um 14:15 schrieb Petris Dimitrios: I boot with my installation cd and when I when reached the partitioning stage I went to console 2 and tried to mount my root partition. What looks your mount-command like and what was the exact text of the error-message? Bye Peter voigt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: I lost yaboot!
Επισκεφθείτε το Venus - Την On-line κοινότητα φοιτητών Πληροφορικής του Ο.Π.Α. -Original Message- From: Peter Voigt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 4:13 PM To: Petris Dimitrios Cc: 'Sven Luther'; debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: I lost yaboot! Am 08.06.2006 um 14:15 schrieb Petris Dimitrios: I boot with my installation cd and when I when reached the partitioning stage I went to console 2 and tried to mount my root partition. What looks your mount-command like and what was the exact text of the error-message? Bye Peter voigt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ NOD32 1.1586 (20060608) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
RE: I lost yaboot!
Sorry fir the previous empty message, just ignore it. The command is : mount /dev/hda2/ /new_dir And the output is : mount /dev/hda2/ /new_dir failed. No such file or directory Επισκεφθείτε το Venus - Την On-line κοινότητα φοιτητών Πληροφορικής του Ο.Π.Α. -Original Message- From: Peter Voigt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 4:13 PM To: Petris Dimitrios Cc: 'Sven Luther'; debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: I lost yaboot! Am 08.06.2006 um 14:15 schrieb Petris Dimitrios: I boot with my installation cd and when I when reached the partitioning stage I went to console 2 and tried to mount my root partition. What looks your mount-command like and what was the exact text of the error-message? Bye Peter voigt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ NOD32 1.1586 (20060608) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
Re: I lost yaboot!
Petris Dimitrios [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a powerbook G4 and debian installed on it. I recently lost my yaboot bootloader and it starts automatically with osx. Does anyone know how to restore the bootloader without losing any data? Another alternative is to boot into OpenFirmware (Command-Option-O-F) and manually set the boot device: First, to load yaboot, try: 0 boot hd:2,yaboot (for /dev/hda2). If that doesn't work, you can: printenv boot-device This will tell you the current device. Write it down in case something gets screwed up! 0 setenv boot-device=/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2,\\:tbxi or 0 setenv boot-device=hd:2,\\:tbxi 0 mac-boot This is for yaboot on /dev/hda2 on my Mac Mini. Check what your current settings are, and adjust appropriately. OF is fairly easy, other than the stupidly long pathnames. help is a good command to start with. See http://penguinppc.org/bootloaders/yaboot/doc/yaboot-howto.shtml/ch9.en.shtml for other recovery instructions... Regards, Roger -- Roger Leigh Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ Debian GNU/Linuxhttp://www.debian.org/ GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848. Please sign and encrypt your mail. pgpExBviZo2OJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: I lost yaboot!
On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 03:15:22PM +0300, Petris Dimitrios wrote: I boot with my installation cd and when I when reached the partitioning stage I went to console 2 and tried to mount my root partition. However it seems that I am not doing something right. I created a dir and tried to mount the /dev/hda2 partition (which is my root) but it says falied! PLease provide the output of /proc/partitions, or the dmesg lines for your disk, as well as the output of the print command of parted. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I lost yaboot!
Am 08.06.2006 um 16:02 schrieb Roger Leigh: Petris Dimitrios [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a powerbook G4 and debian installed on it. I recently lost my yaboot bootloader and it starts automatically with osx. Does anyone know how to restore the bootloader without losing any data? Another alternative is to boot into OpenFirmware (Command-Option-O-F) and manually set the boot device: First, to load yaboot, try: 0 boot hd:2,yaboot As to my knowlegde, you have to use boot hd:2,\ofboot.b because ofboot.b is the linux-bootloader of a new world powerpc (tested on mac mini with debian testing) and \ is the correct sign for / on the open firmware level. Please notice one point. You have to use the new world boot- partition, which is not / and not /boot of your debian- installation. If hd:2, is not your new world boot-partition, please change this path. Bye Peter Voigt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I lost yaboot!
On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 04:21:08PM +0300, Petris Dimitrios wrote: Sorry fir the previous empty message, just ignore it. The command is : mount /dev/hda2/ /new_dir And the output is : mount /dev/hda2/ /new_dir failed. No such file or directory try a mkdir /new_dir ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I lost yaboot!
The command is : mount /dev/hda2/ /new_dir And the output is : mount /dev/hda2/ /new_dir failed. No such file or directory try a mkdir /new_dir ? Or /dev/hda2 instead of /dev/hda2/ ?? Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I lost yaboot!
On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 07:57:22PM +0300, Petris Dimitrios wrote: Hello there, I have a powerbook G4 and debian installed on it. I recently lost my yaboot bootloader and it starts automatically with osx. Does anyone know how to restore the bootloader without losing any data? Boot into the box with d-i, when it reaches the partitioning stage, go to console 2, mount your root partition, chroot into it, mount /proc and /sys, check your yaboot.conf and rerun ybin. This should mostly do it, but YMMV. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I lost yaboot!
* Petris Dimitrios [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-06-07 18:57]: I have a powerbook G4 and debian installed on it. I recently lost my yaboot bootloader and it starts automatically with osx. Does anyone know how to restore the bootloader without losing any data? If you still have a working yaboot.conf, you can boot from an install CD or a Live CD (I usually use a Ubuntu Live CD), chroot into your system and just run `ybin -v`. Otherwise, assuming you didn't get into this trouble by having a bad yaboot.conf in the first place, you might be able to extract your yaboot.conf from the boot partition. If you need any help with any of this, all you have to do is ask ;-) - Felix -- Felix C. Stegerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://obfusk.net ~ Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature. ~ -- R. Kulawiec ~ vim: set ft=mail tw=70 sw=2 sts=2 et: pgpfrb6A4ru9o.pgp Description: PGP signature
