source: bootable/ppc/yaboot.xml @ 930f404

Last change on this file since 930f404 was 930f404, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 18 years ago

r724@server (orig r722): manuel | 2005-11-19 09:59:45 -0800
Unifiying linux and linux-libc-headers package version entities. Bootable chapter.

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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  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-bootable-yaboot" arch="ppc">
9  <?dbhtml filename="yaboot.html"?>
10
11  <title>Making the LFS System Bootable</title>
12
13  <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-yaboot">
14    <primary sortas="a-Yaboot">Yaboot</primary>
15  <secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm>
16
17  <para os="a">Your shiny new LFS system is almost complete. One of the last
18  things to do is to ensure that the system can be properly booted. The
19  instructions below apply only to NewWorld Macintoshes and (probably)
20  PegasosPPC.</para>
21
22  <para os="b">Boot loading can be a complex area, so a few cautionary words
23  are in order. Be familiar with the current boot loader and any other
24  operating systems present on the hard drive(s) that need to be bootable.
25  Make sure that an emergency CD is ready to <quote>rescue</quote> the
26  computer if it becomes un-bootable.</para>
27
28  <para os="c">Earlier, we compiled and installed the yaboot boot loader software
29  in preparation for this step. The procedure involves writing the bootloader
30  to a bootstrap partition and blessing it so that OpenFirmware will boot from
31  it.  This is all handled by <command>ybin</command> the yaboot installer.</para> 
32
33  <para os="d">Ybin assembles all the information it needs by reading yaboot.conf,
34  then writes the bootstrap. When booted, the bootstrap provides an initial menu to
35  choose between linux, boot from CD, and e.g. osx (depending on what was in yaboot.conf).
36  If you boot to 'linux', yaboot kicks in and lets you select which kernel to use.</para>
37
38  <para os="e">Images (kernels) are specified, together with any necessary path,
39  in yaboot.conf - the details are incorporated into the bootloader, but no attempt
40  is made to access or validate the paths until they are selected.  There are many
41  possible options that can be specified in yaboot.conf, see the man page for the
42  details.  Most people will be able to specify device=hd: (for a single hard disk),
43  but if you have multiple disks, or if you wish to be pedantic, you can specify the
44  full OF path to the device, obtained by running <command>ofpath</command>.</para>
45
46  <para os="f">Note that the man page mentions which filesystems yaboot can
47  navigate to find the images - the only linux filesystem type mentioned is ext2.
48  You can use ext3 because that can be read like ext2, but if you wish to use
49  reiserfs or any other filesystem you may need to create a separate boot partition
50  formatted as ext2.</para>
51
52  <para os="h">Using the above information, determine the appropriate designators
53  for the bootstrap partition and the root partition.  For the following example,
54  it is assumed that the bootstrap partition is <filename class="partition">hda2
55  </filename> and the root partition is <filename class="partition">hda7</filename>
56  .  We will also assume that you wish to be able to boot an OSX installation on
57  <filename class="partition">hda4</filename>.  Change these items as necessary
58  for your machine.</para>
59
60  <para os="k">Create a <quote>yaboot.conf</quote> file defining yaboot's boot
61  menu:</para>
62
63<screen os="l" role="nodump"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/yaboot.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
64<literal># Begin /etc/yaboot.conf
65
66# By default, yaboot will boot the first menu entry.
67
68# Allow 10 seconds before booting the default.
69# this will also apply to the first-stage os selector
70timeout 100
71
72# These variables are global
73# first, where to put the bootstrap partition
74boot=/dev/hda2
75
76# Which disk to use
77device=hd:
78
79# Default partition for the kernel images
80partition=7
81
82# default root partition
83root=/dev/hda7
84
85# where ybin is to find yaboot and ofboot
86install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
87magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
88
89# allow the initial menu to offer CD as an option
90enablecdboot
91
92# allow the initial menu to boot from mac osx
93macosx=/dev/hda4
94
95# The first entry is for LFS.
96# For all images, the pathname is relative to the filesystem
97# on which they are mounted.
98image=/boot/lfskernel-&linux-version;
99    label=&version;
100    read-only</literal>
101EOF</userinput></screen>
102
103
104  <para os="n">Add an entry for the host distribution, if you have one. It might
105  look something like this if the kernel and initrd are in the host's '/'
106  directory on <filename class="partition">hda6</filename>:</para>
107
108<screen os="o" role="nodump"><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/yaboot.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
109<literal>title Debian
110image=/pci@f4000000/ata-6d/disk@0:6,/vmlinux
111    label=Debian
112    initrd=/pci@f4000000/ata-6d/disk@0:6,/initrd.gz
113    initrd-size=10000
114    append="root=/dev/hda7"
115    read-only</literal>
116EOF</userinput></screen>
117
118  <warning os="r">
119    <para>The following command will overwrite the current boot loader.
120    Do not run the command if this is not desired.</para>
121  </warning>
122
123<screen os="s" role="nodump"><userinput>ybin</userinput></screen>
124
125</sect1>
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