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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 <!ENTITY % patches-entities SYSTEM "../../patches.ent">
6 %general-entities;
7 %patches-entities;
8]>
9
10<sect1 id="ch-system-yaboot" role="wrap">
11 <?dbhtml filename="yaboot.html"?>
12
13 <title>Yaboot-&yaboot-version;</title>
14
15 <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot">
16 <primary sortas="a-Yaboot">Yaboot</primary>
17 </indexterm>
18
19 <sect2 role="package">
20 <title/>
21
22 <para>The Yaboot package contains a PowerPC Boot Loader for machines using
23 OpenFirmware such as NewWorld Macintoshes.</para>
24
25 <segmentedlist>
26 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
27 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
28
29 <seglistitem>
30 <seg>Not checked yet</seg>
31 <seg>Not checked yet</seg>
32 </seglistitem>
33 </segmentedlist>
34
35 <segmentedlist>
36 <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
37
38 <seglistitem>
39 <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep,
40 Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg>
41 </seglistitem>
42 </segmentedlist>
43
44 </sect2>
45
46 <sect2 role="installation">
47 <title>Installation of Yaboot</title>
48
49 <para>Yaboot has a compilation error. The following patch properly fixes
50 that issue</para>
51
52<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../yaboot-&yaboot-version;-fix-1.patch</userinput></screen>
53
54 <para>Compile the Yaboot package:</para>
55
56<screen><userinput>make PREFIX=/usr</userinput></screen>
57
58 <para>Install the package:</para>
59
60<screen><userinput>make PREFIX=/usr install</userinput></screen>
61
62 </sect2>
63
64 <sect2 id="contents-yaboot" role="content">
65 <title>Contents of Yaboot</title>
66
67 <segmentedlist>
68 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
69 <segtitle>Installed files</segtitle>
70
71 <seglistitem>
72 <seg>addnote, mkofboot (link to ybin), ofboot, ofpath, yaboot,
73 yabootconfig, ybin</seg>
74 <seg>yaboot.conf</seg>
75 </seglistitem>
76 </segmentedlist>
77
78 <variablelist>
79 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
80 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
81 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
82
83 <varlistentry id="addnote">
84 <term><command>addnote</command></term>
85 <listitem>
86 <para>For IBM CHRP machines, add a PT_NOTE program header
87 entry to an elf file so that it can be booted.</para>
88 <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot addnote">
89 <primary sortas="b-addnote">addnote</primary>
90 </indexterm>
91 </listitem>
92 </varlistentry>
93
94 <varlistentry id="mkofboot">
95 <term><command>mkofboot</command></term>
96 <listitem>
97 <para>Format the bootstrap partition and install the yaboot
98 boot loader.</para>
99 <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot mkofboot">
100 <primary sortas="b-mkofboot">mkofboot</primary>
101 </indexterm>
102 </listitem>
103 </varlistentry>
104
105 <varlistentry id="ofboot">
106 <term><command>ofboot</command></term>
107 <listitem>
108 <para>Script to format the boot menu using yaboot.conf and
109 write the resulting OpenFirmware code to the bootstrap.</para>
110 <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot ofboot">
111 <primary sortas="b-ofboot">ofboot</primary>
112 </indexterm>
113 </listitem>
114 </varlistentry>
115
116 <varlistentry id="ofpath">
117 <term><command>ofpath</command></term>
118 <listitem>
119 <para>Determine OpenFirmware path corresponding to a device
120 node.</para>
121 <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot ofpath">
122 <primary sortas="b-ofpath">ofpath</primary>
123 </indexterm>
124 </listitem>
125 </varlistentry>
126
127 <varlistentry id="yaboot">
128 <term><command>yaboot</command></term>
129 <listitem>
130 <para>OpenFirmware boot loader.</para>
131 <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot yaboot">
132 <primary sortas="b-yaboot">yaboot</primary>
133 </indexterm>
134 </listitem>
135 </varlistentry>
136
137 <varlistentry id="yabootconfig">
138 <term><command>yabootconfig</command></term>
139 <listitem>
140 <para>Generate and install a simple yaboot.conf.</para>
141 <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot yabootconfig">
142 <primary sortas="b-yabootconfig">yabootconfig</primary>
143 </indexterm>
144 </listitem>
145 </varlistentry>
146
147 <varlistentry id="ybin">
148 <term><command>ybin</command></term>
149 <listitem>
150 <para>Shell script to update or install the boot loader
151 on a bootstrap partition.</para>
152 <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot ybin">
153 <primary sortas="b-ybin">ybin</primary>
154 </indexterm>
155 </listitem>
156 </varlistentry>
157
158 <varlistentry id="yaboot.conf">
159 <term><filename>yaboot.conf</filename></term>
160 <listitem>
161 <para>Configuration file used by <command>ybin</command> to determine
162 how to install <command>yaboot</command> on the bootstrap partition.</para>
163 <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot yaboot.conf">
164 <primary sortas="e-yaboot.conf">yaboot.conf</primary>
165 </indexterm>
166 </listitem>
167 </varlistentry>
168
169 </variablelist>
170
171 </sect2>
172
173</sect1>
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