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Updated Yaboot from 1.3.14 to 1.3.17 with thanks to Code Monkey.

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-yaboot" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="yaboot.html"?>
10
11 <title>Yaboot-&yaboot-version;</title>
12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot">
14 <primary sortas="a-Yaboot">Yaboot</primary>
15 </indexterm>
16
17 <sect2 role="package">
18 <title/>
19
20 <para>The Yaboot package contains a PowerPC Boot Loader for machines using
21 Open Firmware such as NewWorld Macintoshes.</para>
22
23 </sect2>
24
25 <sect2 role="installation">
26 <title>Installation of Yaboot</title>
27
28 <para os="a">The supplied man pages have <filename
29 class="directory">/usr/local</filename> in the text. This sed will correct
30 that:</para>
31
32<screen os="b"><userinput>sed -i 's%/usr/local%/usr%' man/*</userinput></screen>
33
34 <para os="aa"> Prevent the build from failing due to warnings with
35 the following sed:</para>
36
37<screen os="ba"><userinput>sed -i 's%-Werror%%' Makefile</userinput></screen>
38
39 <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
40
41<screen os="d"><userinput>make PREFIX=/usr</userinput></screen>
42
43 <para os="e">Install the package:</para>
44
45<screen os="f"><userinput>make PREFIX=/usr install</userinput></screen>
46
47 </sect2>
48
49 <sect2 id="contents-yaboot" role="content">
50 <title>Contents of Yaboot</title>
51
52 <segmentedlist>
53 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
54 <segtitle>Installed files</segtitle>
55
56 <seglistitem>
57 <seg>addnote, mkofboot (link to ybin), ofboot, ofpath, yaboot,
58 yabootconfig, ybin</seg>
59 <seg>yaboot.conf</seg>
60 </seglistitem>
61 </segmentedlist>
62
63 <variablelist>
64 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
65 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
66 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
67
68 <varlistentry id="addnote">
69 <term><command>addnote</command></term>
70 <listitem>
71 <para>For IBM CHRP machines, add a PT_NOTE program header
72 entry to an elf file so that it can be booted.</para>
73 <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot addnote">
74 <primary sortas="b-addnote">addnote</primary>
75 </indexterm>
76 </listitem>
77 </varlistentry>
78
79 <varlistentry id="mkofboot">
80 <term><command>mkofboot</command></term>
81 <listitem>
82 <para>Format the bootstrap partition and install the yaboot
83 boot loader.</para>
84 <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot mkofboot">
85 <primary sortas="b-mkofboot">mkofboot</primary>
86 </indexterm>
87 </listitem>
88 </varlistentry>
89
90 <varlistentry id="ofboot">
91 <term><command>ofboot</command></term>
92 <listitem>
93 <para>Script to format the boot menu using yaboot.conf and
94 write the resulting Open Firmware code to the bootstrap.</para>
95 <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot ofboot">
96 <primary sortas="b-ofboot">ofboot</primary>
97 </indexterm>
98 </listitem>
99 </varlistentry>
100
101 <varlistentry id="ofpath">
102 <term><command>ofpath</command></term>
103 <listitem>
104 <para>Determine Open Firmware path corresponding to a device
105 node.</para>
106 <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot ofpath">
107 <primary sortas="b-ofpath">ofpath</primary>
108 </indexterm>
109 </listitem>
110 </varlistentry>
111
112 <varlistentry id="yaboot">
113 <term><command>yaboot</command></term>
114 <listitem>
115 <para>Open Firmware boot loader.</para>
116 <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot yaboot">
117 <primary sortas="b-yaboot">yaboot</primary>
118 </indexterm>
119 </listitem>
120 </varlistentry>
121
122 <varlistentry id="yabootconfig">
123 <term><command>yabootconfig</command></term>
124 <listitem>
125 <para>Generate and install a simple yaboot.conf.</para>
126 <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot yabootconfig">
127 <primary sortas="b-yabootconfig">yabootconfig</primary>
128 </indexterm>
129 </listitem>
130 </varlistentry>
131
132 <varlistentry id="ybin">
133 <term><command>ybin</command></term>
134 <listitem>
135 <para>Shell script to update or install the boot loader
136 on a bootstrap partition.</para>
137 <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot ybin">
138 <primary sortas="b-ybin">ybin</primary>
139 </indexterm>
140 </listitem>
141 </varlistentry>
142
143 <varlistentry id="yaboot.conf">
144 <term><filename>yaboot.conf</filename></term>
145 <listitem>
146 <para>Configuration file used by <command>ybin</command> to determine
147 how to install <command>yaboot</command> on the bootstrap partition.</para>
148 <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot yaboot.conf">
149 <primary sortas="e-yaboot.conf">yaboot.conf</primary>
150 </indexterm>
151 </listitem>
152 </varlistentry>
153
154 </variablelist>
155
156 </sect2>
157
158</sect1>
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