On Sat, Apr 21, Terminus, Inc. Software Distribution wrote:
I just recently got my retail copy of SuSE 7.1 for PowerPC. I could not boot my CD1 via open firmware on a rev. B iMac and my iBook 333. Has anyone having these problems, If you do please post what New World PowerMac you have on this thread. Old world Macs are invited to post too.
My hardware configuration" IMac rev. b 233 192.MB RAM 40GIG HD Open Firmware version 3.0.f2
Can you be more specific? I didn't check all the related support mails yet. You can boot CD1, is yaboot able to load the config file or do you get an error before the boot: prompt appears? Can you boot from the Linux boot partition with the new yaboot? The suseboot folder should look like that: f FNDR/MACS 286 0 Sep 14 1999 Finder f APPC/BooX 70610 65798 Jan 30 2000 BootX App f scri/BooI 150948 0 Jan 30 2000 ? BootX Extension f BINA/???? 0 57360 Mar 31 2000 yaboot.debug f pref/BooX 1710 0 May 17 2000 BootX Settings f Gzip/Gzip 0 1259186 May 30 2000 ramdisk.image.gz d 5 items May 31 2000 tools f zsys/MACS 92621 0 Sep 19 2000 System f ????/UNIX 0 3057086 Mar 1 10:45 vmlinux f tbxi/chrp 0 2140 Mar 9 18:32 os-chooser f BINA/UNIX 0 150480 Mar 9 18:32 yaboot f TEXT/R*ch 0 204 Mar 9 18:32 yaboot.conf Remove the "Mac OS Rom" file, and run "Mark yaboot bootable". Only one file should have the tbxi/chrp TYPE/CREATOR flags. The "Mac OS Rom" file will always boot the CD, that is both a bug and a feature. ;( Can you replace the yaboot file with the yaboot.debug binary in the tools folder? Do you get something like a "phandle = 0" line? There should be no value 0. I don't have such an iMac to verify it here. Gruss Olaf -- $ man clone BUGS Main feature not yet implemented...