Re: install ISO not bootable
[email protected] Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:37:13 -0500 (CDT)
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.gentoo.ppc |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --Boundary_(ID_qU80OJ14tGk0o/kD4qHh7g) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE you can add enablecdboot in yaboot.conf, but not sure if that works on=20 ibm. matt On Sun, 6 Sep 2009, Cr=C3=ADstian Viana wrote: > is there any way I can boot the CD through yaboot? I'm not familiar with > this program. I googled about it and I found out I can type something lik= e: > > cd:1,/boot/yaboot > > but that doesn't work for me. I guess it has something to do with the "bo= ot" > directory on the ISO image, but I don't know if I can point to other file > (like /boot/ibmpower). > > any other suggestion of how to boot will be appreciated, when the CD does= n't > boot itself. there's a Red Hat already installed on the machine, if it > helps. and I think the floppy drive isn't working, so I can't use it (it > shows input/output errors when I try to access some disks). so my options > are: use yaboot to boot the CD, do a network install (never done it) or u= se > the existing Linux. any idea? > > see you, > > On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 3:42 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sun, 6 Sep 2009, Cr=C3=ADstian Viana wrote: >> >> I tried install-powerpc-minimal-2008.0, it didn't work too. I have an I= BM >>> pSeries POWER4. >>> >>> try install-powerpc-minimal-2008.0.iso ? i dont remember if i used th= at >>>> one or not. >>>> >>>> what powerpc computer do you have ? >>>> >>>> matt >>>> >>> >>> >> i only have 2 ibooks here. not familiar with ibm hardware > > > > > --=20 > Cr=C3=ADstian Deives dos Santos Viana [aka CD1] > Sent from Campinas, SP, Brazil >= --Boundary_(ID_qU80OJ14tGk0o/kD4qHh7g)--