Hi, I has been trying to install a ppc64 Squadron partition using autoyast. I am stuck at the following errors at the" install boot manager" stage with the following error message: Error Occurred while installing yaboot: ERROR:boot=/dev/null is not a valid block device Can someone shed some light on what could cause the error ? The last part of the yast log is as follows. Thanks, Joseph 2004-09-29 14:14:17 <1> linux(762) [packagemanager++] PMManager.cc(poolSetInstalled):221 installed objects set! 2004-09-29 14:14:17 <1> linux(762) [packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):351 START 10 Selectables 2004-09-29 14:14:17 <1> linux(762) [packagemanager++] PMManager.cc(ClearSaveState):538 SaveState cleared! 2004-09-29 14:14:17 <1> linux(762) [packagemanager] PMManager.cc(poolAdjust):391 END 0 Selectables 2004-09-29 14:14:17 <1> linux(762) [rpmdb] RpmDb.cc(closeDatabase):683 Calling closeDatabase: RpmDb[V4(Xcm)V3(---): '(/mnt)/var/lib/rpm'] 2004-09-29 14:14:17 <1> linux(762) [librpmDb] librpmDb.cc(blockAccess):327 Block access 2004-09-29 14:14:17 <1> linux(762) [rpmdb] RpmDb.cc(closeDatabase):711 closeDatabase: RpmDb[NO_INIT] 2004-09-29 14:14:17 <1> linux(762) [Y2PM] Y2PM.cc(instTargetClose):329 InstTarget down 2004-09-29 14:14:17 <1> linux(762) [YCP] Storage.ycp:1516 GetSubDevFilterList partitions [$["detected_fs":`unknown, "device":"/dev/evms/sda1", "fstype":"EVMS", "id":64, "nr":"sda1", "region":[0, 1], "type":`evms], $["detected_fs":`unknown, "device":"/dev/evms/sda2", "fstype":"EVMS", "id":26, "nr":"sda2", "region":[0, 1024], "type":`evms], $["detected_fs":`unknown, "device":"/dev/evms/sda3", "fstype":"EVMS", "id":367, "nr":"sda3", "region":[0, 33674], "type":`evms], $["device":"/dev/sda1", "fsid":5, "nr":1, "region":[0, 17357], "type":`extended], $["device":"/dev/sda5", "fs_options":$[], "fsid":65, "fstype":"PPC PReP Boot", "mount":"", "nr":5, "prep_install":true, "region":[0, 8], "type":`logical, "used_fs":nil], $["device":"/dev/sda6", "fs_options":$[], "fsid":130, "mount":"swap", "nr":6, "region":[8, 512], "type":`logical], $["detected_fs":nil, "device":"/dev/sda7", "fs_options":$[], "fsid":131, "mount":"/", "nr":7, "region":[520, 2560], "type":`logical, "used_fs":nil]] 2004-09-29 14:14:17 <1> linux(762) [YCP] Storage.ycp:1573 CheckForLvmRootFs root=$["detected_fs":nil, "device":"/dev/sda7", "fs_options":$[], "fsid":131, "mount":"/", "nr":7, "region":[520, 2560], "type":`logical, "used_fs":nil] dev=$["disk":"/dev/sda", "nr":7] 2004-09-29 14:14:17 <1> linux(762) [YCP] Storage.ycp:1576 CheckForLvmRootFs ret=false 2004-09-29 14:14:17 <1> linux(762) [YCP] Misc.ycp:146 WriteYaSTInf($["Keytable":"us.map.gz", "Language":"en_US", "RebootMsg":"0", "Root":"reboot"]) = Keytable: us.map.gz Language: en_US RebootMsg: 0 Root: reboot 2004-09-29 14:14:17 <1> linux(762) [YCP] Bootloader.ycp:316 Writing bootloader configuration 2004-09-29 14:14:18 <1> linux(762) [YCP] Initrd.ycp:269 Initrd::Write called, changed: true, list: ["ipr"] 2004-09-29 14:14:18 <1> linux(762) [YCP] Initrd.ycp:304 Modules [] were added to initrd not using Initrd module 2004-09-29 14:14:18 <1> linux(762) [YCP] Initrd.ycp:316 Writing modules ipr 2004-09-29 14:14:18 <1> linux(762) [YCP] Bootloader.ycp:408 Saving configuration files 2004-09-29 14:14:18 <1> linux(762) [YCP] bootloader/routines/misc.ycp:955 Saving: glob: [$["key":"default", "value":"linux"], $["key":"timeout", "value":100], $["changed":true, "key":"boot", "value":"/dev/null"], $["changed":true, "key":"activate", "value":true]], sec: [[$["key":"image", "value":"/boot/vmlinux"], $["key":"label", "value":"linux"], $["key":"root", "value":"/dev/sda7"], $["changed":true, "key":"append", "value":"selinux=0 elevator=cfq"], $["key":"__intern__", "value":$["auto":true, "changed":false, "devs":["/dev/sda7"], "type":"linux"]]]] 2004-09-29 14:14:18 <1> linux(762) [YCP] Bootloader.ycp:451 Calling bootloader executable 2004-09-29 14:14:18 <1> linux(762) [YCP] bootloader/routines/lilolike.ycp:428 Running command /sbin/lilo >> /var/log/YaST2/y2loglilo 2>&1 2004-09-29 14:14:18 <1> linux(762) [YCP] bootloader/routines/lilolike.ycp:433 Exit code of /sbin/lilo >> /var/log/YaST2/y2loglilo 2>&1: 1