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| 12:53.18 | prometoys | hey, i broke my bootloader (yaboot), on my ibook g4 |
| 12:53.41 | prometoys | and my cdrom drive on the ibook is broken too |
| 12:53.51 | prometoys | how can i fix yaboot? |
| 12:55.01 | prometoys | i tried already to boot manually (hd4:,/boot/vmlinux ....) but i cant add the initrd |
| 13:22.48 | prometoys | is it possible to tell yaboot in the boot prompt where the initrd file is? |
| 16:05.04 | simonlnu | good question, i've never had to do that ^_^ |
| 16:05.44 | simonlnu | ponders |
| 16:09.42 | simonlnu | maybe in OF, specifying boot-image perhaps, or a comma-separated option to boot-image |
| 16:20.00 | prometoys | can i boot from of directly to the linux kernel? |
| 16:20.47 | prometoys | i cant get netboot running |
| 16:21.01 | simonlnu | only with a certain kind of perpared kernel |
| 16:21.06 | simonlnu | pre* |
| 16:24.05 | simonlnu | what you can do is boot the debian cd, then once you've done the hardware detection, chroot to your system, and re-run ybin after you've corrected yaboot.conf. or use grml (or other ones that support ppc too) and use that to eventually chroot and fix it. |
| 16:26.06 | prometoys | i know that, but my cdrom is broken |
| 16:26.56 | simonlnu | target disk mode? |
| 16:28.04 | simonlnu | just need another computer (preferably also ppc ;) then |
| 16:30.15 | prometoys | unfortunately i have no firewire and no other ppc |
| 16:31.29 | simonlnu | what about usb booting? i don't recall whether or not they can do that. |
| 16:31.53 | simonlnu | attach usb external, boot from that |
| 16:32.53 | prometoys | how i do that, via OF? |
| 16:33.59 | simonlnu | my expertise is mostly with oldworld, so you'd have to ask pahartik or others about it |
| 16:34.13 | prometoys | i found something |
| 16:34.20 | prometoys | https://sites.google.com/site/shawnhcorey/howto-boot-apple-powerpcs-from-a-usb-drive-in-open-firmware |
| 16:34.24 | simonlnu | i suspect it's pretty straightforward though |
| 16:34.33 | simonlnu | well there ya go =) |
| 16:35.02 | prometoys | do you know, how i could test my tftp server? |
| 16:35.50 | simonlnu | use it? :) |
| 16:36.31 | simonlnu | you can use tcpdump or wireshark to track the packets |
| 16:40.45 | prometoys | ok, i installed tftp client, i'm a total noob in this field |
| 16:41.20 | prometoys | i cant connect to the tftp server even, it's on the same machine |
| 16:41.39 | prometoys | it seems i need to fix tftp first |
| 16:41.52 | prometoys | or find a spare usb stick... |
| 16:41.56 | simonlnu | also need a dhcp server |
| 16:42.04 | prometoys | the dhcp is working |
| 16:42.05 | simonlnu | with the tftp |
| 16:42.06 | simonlnu | ok |
| 16:42.34 | prometoys | i see in the logs, that the ibook get the correct ip |
| 16:42.36 | simonlnu | you indicate the image via dhcp, then tftp serves it |
| 16:44.57 | prometoys | but, when my normal tftp client cant get the file from the ftp server (both on my working x86 laptop with fedora) |
| 16:45.08 | prometoys | i dont need to try something via netboot |
| 16:48.52 | simonlnu | *nods* |
| 16:52.44 | prometoys | ok, tftp seems to working |
| 16:52.50 | simonlnu | :) |
| 16:53.00 | prometoys | do i neaad to compile an tftp img, in the doc they mention a |
| 16:53.10 | prometoys | tftpboot.img |
| 16:53.16 | simonlnu | the debian kernels support it already |
| 16:53.30 | prometoys | so, just /vmlinux ? |
| 16:53.33 | simonlnu | just need to name the files like you need |
| 16:55.38 | prometoys | what does that mean? |
| 16:59.52 | simonlnu | what do you think it means? :). the image, initrd, etc. |
| 17:07.40 | simonlnu | sory about not being clear before, but yes, i meant the kernel image and all that stuff |
| 17:10.11 | prometoys | http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/mipsel/ch04s03.html.en |
| 17:10.23 | prometoys | there is a line in the dhcpd.conf |
| 17:10.32 | prometoys | filename "/tftpboot.img"; |
| 17:10.41 | prometoys | where to get this wonderful file... |
| 17:11.48 | simonlnu | ah yes, that you go to the hd-media section, and get the initrd and kernel image. but, it's better to read the specific doco, i'm forgetting some things right now. |
| 17:30.01 | prometoys | thanks, i'm so stupid, downloaded files from netboot section |
| 17:30.45 | simonlnu | ah yes, better place :) |
| 17:30.50 | simonlnu | np |
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