G5 yaboot problems

gfreehed · n00b Joined: 20 Jun 2003 Posts: 5

I'm have Gentoo installed in my hard drive, but I can seem to get the boot loader to work. Here is my configuration:

Mac G5
Serial ATA drive
/dev/sda1 -> partition table
/dev/sda2-5 -> apple drivers
/dev/sda6 -> boot block
/dev/sda7 -> swap
/dev/sda8 -> root partition
2.6.0-test8 kernel.

When I run ofpath /dev/sda6, it tells me that the device isn't configured.

Any help???

silian87 · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 6:19 pm Post subject:

I think that you should update first the kernel to 2.6 test 11 , then update yaboot too. A lot of problems are for too young kernel version. In kernel 2.6 test 7 my keyboard, alsa and X didn't work, but with 2.6 test 9 they work. It was only a kernel problem for me, so try the new version.
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marlier · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 9:20 pm Post subject:

The OF Path is going to be something like (probably exactly):

/ht@0,f2000000/pci@7/k2-sata-root@c/k2-sata@0/disk@0:

Including the colon at the end of the line. Weird, yes. But functional.