Ryan Verner wrote:
On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 18:15 +1000, Denis Crowdy wrote:
Hi all,
I am trying to install ubuntu on a G4 powerbook from an external
firewire CD/DVD drive. The internal drive has had it. Basically I have
access to two powerbooks - lucky me but here's the catch - one has a
fsckd up hard drive, the other a fsckd up CD drive. Maddening.
Boot up one of the Powerbooks in "Firewire target mode" (hold down T or
F on booting, off memory). You'll get presented any devices on the
Powerbook to the other Powerbook that way (HD, DVD, et al - even any
USB/Firewire storage devices plugged into it too, I believe).
OK - will try that. Had some success with getting yaboot running from
openfirmware with (from the openfirmware prompt):
boot fw/node/sbp-2/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2,\\yaboot
Then yaboot complains about not finding device cd:0; have tried fw as a
device (giving an ieee1394 not recognised or somesuch) even
ofboot=fw/node/sbp-2/[EMAIL PROTECTED]: which spins the firewire CD drive, but ends
up in a message about a file not being readable. Close but no cigar.
I don't really know enough about yaboot and can't seem to find anything
obviously relevant in the BootPrompt HOWTO. Ubuntu forum might be the
go perhaps...
Thanks,
Denis
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