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sacarde

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Registered: 2006-07-14

Posts: 389

yaboot on mini-ppc

hi,
  I try to install archlinux-ppc on my mini-ppc /dev/hda4

I have kubuntu already running on /dev/hda3 OK

I have this yaboot.conf:

boot=/dev/hda2
device=/pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:
partition=3
root=/dev/hda3
timeout=50
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
enablecdboot

enableofboot

image=/boot/vmlinux
        label=Linux
        read-only
        initrd=/boot/initrd.img

image=hd:4,/boot/vmlinux26
        label=arch
        root=/dev/hda4
        partition=4
        initrd=/boot/kernel26.img
        read-only

but arch load kernel and then have kernel-panic...... fstab seems OK

can you help me ?

thankyou

mucknert

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From: Berlin // Germany

Registered: 2006-06-27

Posts: 510

Re: yaboot on mini-ppc

This is an issue of the UNOFFICIAL and UNSUPPORTED PPC-Port of
Archlinux. You will have to ask them, I am afraid because I don't think
that many people here have experience with yaboot or booting Arch on
PPC.
Also, since you seem to be configuring the yaboot-instance from Kubuntu,
I consider asking somewhere who knows about Kubuntu.

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sacarde

Member

Registered: 2006-07-14

Posts: 389

Re: yaboot on mini-ppc

I try to ask in ml arch-ports

thankyou

rayjgu3

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From: Chicago IL usa

Registered: 2004-07-04

Posts: 695

Re: yaboot on mini-ppc

im not familiar with ppc but i do know arch by default the naming scheme of devices do not include /dev/hda
so i would say try /dev/sda  watch text during boot you should see something saying similar to 
mknod /dev/sda b 8 3  or the like if so you need to change fstab
maybe this helps

kth5

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Registered: 2004-04-29

Posts: 657

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Re: yaboot on mini-ppc

im not familiar with ppc but i do know arch by default the naming scheme of devices do not include /dev/hda
so i would say try /dev/sda  watch text during boot you should see something saying similar to 
mknod /dev/sda b 8 3  or the like if so you need to change fstab
maybe this helps

No, in fact that does not. PPC does not come with an ide chipset that has a pata driver for it yet.

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