Folks:
As mentioned in the previous post, I'm trying to fix my Yaboot.conf so it will again work, I did look at "man yaboot.conf" but it doesn't provide in situ examples. My question is specific to the ybin config line "ybin: Try specifying the real OpenFirmware path for macos=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500AAJB-WD-WCARZ0037064-part9 in /mnt/etc/yaboot.conf" . . . this was the yaboot set up, linux thought that since it's an old computer that it is running OS9, but it had OSX. In spite of that, Yaboot booted OSX 10.4.11. The upgraded cpu seemed to destroy the 10.4.11 install, and installing 10.5 seemed to mess up the Yaboot.conf. So, no big deal to change "macos" to "macosx" but, I'm not quite sure how to handle the first "boot" line . . . showing "-part10" . . . which is the OSX partition?? Then, the linux bootstrap says "partition=11" (which seems correct) . . . but, then the "macos" line ends with "part9" . . . meaning "partition 9"??? which is some free space. Should I change that to "part10" . . . which will then be like the first boot line?? Would ybin then "understand"??
As mentioned in the previous post, I'm trying to fix my Yaboot.conf so it will again work, I did look at "man yaboot.conf" but it doesn't provide in situ examples. My question is specific to the ybin config line "ybin: Try specifying the real OpenFirmware path for macos=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500AAJB-WD-WCARZ0037064-part9 in /mnt/etc/yaboot.conf" . . . this was the yaboot set up, linux thought that since it's an old computer that it is running OS9, but it had OSX. In spite of that, Yaboot booted OSX 10.4.11. The upgraded cpu seemed to destroy the 10.4.11 install, and installing 10.5 seemed to mess up the Yaboot.conf. So, no big deal to change "macos" to "macosx" but, I'm not quite sure how to handle the first "boot" line . . . showing "-part10" . . . which is the OSX partition?? Then, the linux bootstrap says "partition=11" (which seems correct) . . . but, then the "macos" line ends with "part9" . . . meaning "partition 9"??? which is some free space. Should I change that to "part10" . . . which will then be like the first boot line?? Would ybin then "understand"??
Code:
/dev/sda8 Apple_Patches Patch Partition 512 @ 1312 (256.0k) Unknown
/dev/sda9 Apple_Free 262144 @ 1824 (128.0M) Free space
/dev/sda10 Apple_HFS Apple_HFS_Untitled_2 206731488 @ 263968 ( 98.6G) HFS
/dev/sda11 Apple_Bootstrap untitled 19532 @ 206995456 ( 9.5M) NewWorld bootblock
/dev/sda12 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 untitled 46875000 @ 207014988 ( 22.4G) Linux native
/dev/sda13 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap 5585938 @ 253889988 ( 2.7G) Linux swap
/dev/sda14 Apple_Free 228921242 @ 259475926 (109.2G) Free spaceCode:
# yaboot.conf generated by the Ubuntu installer
##
## run: "man yaboot.conf" for details. Do not make changes until you have!!
## see also: /usr/share/doc/yaboot/examples for example configurations.
##
## For a dual-boot menu, add one or more of:
## bsd=/dev/hdaX, macos=/dev/hdaY, macosx=/dev/hdaZ
boot="/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500AAJB-WD-WCARZ0037064-part10"
device=/pci@f2000000/pci-bridge@d/mac-io@7/ata-4@1f000/@0
partition=11
root="UUID=70b01520-58df-4c6a-a500-bc8aed2fa47a"
timeout=100
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
enablecdboot
macos="/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500AAJB-WD-WCARZ0037064-part9"
image=/boot/vmlinux
label=Linux
read-only
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="quiet splash"
image=/boot/vmlinux.old
label=old
read-only
initrd=/boot/initrd.img.old
append="quiet splash"
Code:
xbuntu@xbuntu:~$ sudo mount /dev/sda12 /mnt
xbuntu@xbuntu:~$ sudo nano /mnt/etc/yaboot.conf
xbuntu@xbuntu:~$ sudo ybin --config /mnt/etc/yaboot.conf -v
ybin: Finding OpenFirmware device path to `/dev/sda10'...
ybin: Finding OpenFirmware device path to `/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500AAJB-WD-WCARZ0037064-part9'...
ofpath: /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500AAJB-WD-WCARZ0037064-part9: No such file or directory
ybin: Unable to determine OpenFirmware path for macos=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500AAJB-WD-WCARZ0037064-part9
ybin: Try specifying the real OpenFirmware path for macos=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD2500AAJB-WD-WCARZ0037064-part9 in /mnt/etc/yaboot.conf
xbuntu@xbuntu:~$