yaboot.conf not created during ppc64 autoinstall

19 Feb 2004

      I've been working extensively with Autoyast and SLES 8 to create custom
automated installations for testing purposes on several platforms.  I've
been able to work around a few problems on ix86 and x86_64 platforms,
but I've hit a road block on ppc64 that I simply cannot solve.  

The hardware is an IBM PSeries P615, PowerPC architecture.  I'm trying
to install SLES 8 with Service Pack 3 via autoyast natively on the box
(ie not on a logical partition).  The process seems to work, until the
machine reboots, at which point Linux is not able to boot, as there is
no /etc/yaboot.conf file.  In recovery mode, I can access the system and
see that the machine appears to have been installed properly, minus the
delinquent yaboot.conf file.

Here are the pertinent parts of my autoinst.xml file:

...
    <bootloader>
      <location>ppc_chrp</location>
    </bootloader>
...
    <partitioning config:type="list">
      <drive>
        <device>/dev/sda</device>
        <partitions config:type="list">
          <partition>
            65
            1
            <region config:type="list">
              0
              2
            </region>
            <size>2097153</size>
          </partition>
          <partition>
            <mount>swap</mount>
            130
            2
            <region config:type="list">
              2
              513
            </region>
            <size>1073741825</size>
          </partition>
          <partition>
            <filesystem config:type="symbol">ext3</filesystem>
            <mount>/</mount>
            131
            3
            <region config:type="list">
              515
              16842
            </region>
            <size>35318136833</size>
          </partition>
        </partitions>
        <use>all</use>
      </drive>

Help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Dustin

yaboot.conf not created during ppc64 autoinstall

Dustin Kirkland