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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent"> |
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| 5 | %general-entities; |
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| 6 | ]> |
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| 7 | |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-yaboot" role="wrap"> |
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="yaboot.html"?> |
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| 10 | |
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| 11 | <title>Yaboot-&yaboot-version;</title> |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot"> |
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Yaboot">Yaboot</primary> |
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| 15 | </indexterm> |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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| 18 | <title/> |
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| 19 | |
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| 20 | <para>The Yaboot package contains a PowerPC Boot Loader for machines using |
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| 21 | OpenFirmware such as NewWorld Macintoshes.</para> |
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| 22 | |
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| 23 | <segmentedlist> |
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| 24 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle> |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | <seglistitem> |
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| 27 | <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, |
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| 28 | Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg> |
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| 29 | </seglistitem> |
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| 30 | </segmentedlist> |
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| 31 | |
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| 32 | </sect2> |
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| 33 | |
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| 34 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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| 35 | <title>Installation of Yaboot</title> |
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| 36 | |
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[da23eb8] | 37 | <para os="a">Yaboot has a compilation error. The following patch properly |
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| 38 | fixes the issue:</para> |
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[bf8c11f] | 39 | |
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[da23eb8] | 40 | <screen os="b"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&yaboot-fix-patch;</userinput></screen> |
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[bf8c11f] | 41 | |
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[da23eb8] | 42 | <para os="c">The following patch removes a redundant test which prevents |
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| 43 | <command>ofpath</command> from executing against SATA disks:</para> |
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[b8483f37] | 44 | |
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[da23eb8] | 45 | <screen os="d"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&yaboot-sata-patch;</userinput></screen> |
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[b8483f37] | 46 | |
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[da23eb8] | 47 | <para os="e">The supplied man pages have <filename |
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| 48 | class="directory">/usr/local</filename> in the text. This sed will correct |
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| 49 | that:</para> |
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[bf8c11f] | 50 | |
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[da23eb8] | 51 | <screen os="f"><userinput>sed -i 's%/usr/local%/usr%' man/*</userinput></screen> |
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[bf8c11f] | 52 | |
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[da23eb8] | 53 | <para os="g">Compile the package:</para> |
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[bf8c11f] | 54 | |
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[da23eb8] | 55 | <screen os="h"><userinput>make PREFIX=/usr</userinput></screen> |
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| 56 | |
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| 57 | <para os="i">Install the package:</para> |
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| 58 | |
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| 59 | <screen os="j"><userinput>make PREFIX=/usr install</userinput></screen> |
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[bf8c11f] | 60 | |
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| 61 | </sect2> |
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| 62 | |
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| 63 | <sect2 id="contents-yaboot" role="content"> |
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| 64 | <title>Contents of Yaboot</title> |
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| 65 | |
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| 66 | <segmentedlist> |
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| 67 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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| 68 | <segtitle>Installed files</segtitle> |
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| 69 | |
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| 70 | <seglistitem> |
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| 71 | <seg>addnote, mkofboot (link to ybin), ofboot, ofpath, yaboot, |
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| 72 | yabootconfig, ybin</seg> |
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| 73 | <seg>yaboot.conf</seg> |
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| 74 | </seglistitem> |
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| 75 | </segmentedlist> |
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| 76 | |
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| 77 | <variablelist> |
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| 78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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| 79 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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| 80 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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| 81 | |
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| 82 | <varlistentry id="addnote"> |
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| 83 | <term><command>addnote</command></term> |
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[0877a18] | 84 | <listitem> |
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| 85 | <para>For IBM CHRP machines, add a PT_NOTE program header |
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| 86 | entry to an elf file so that it can be booted.</para> |
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| 87 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot addnote"> |
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| 88 | <primary sortas="b-addnote">addnote</primary> |
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| 89 | </indexterm> |
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| 90 | </listitem> |
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[bf8c11f] | 91 | </varlistentry> |
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| 92 | |
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| 93 | <varlistentry id="mkofboot"> |
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| 94 | <term><command>mkofboot</command></term> |
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| 95 | <listitem> |
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| 96 | <para>Format the bootstrap partition and install the yaboot |
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| 97 | boot loader.</para> |
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| 98 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot mkofboot"> |
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| 99 | <primary sortas="b-mkofboot">mkofboot</primary> |
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| 100 | </indexterm> |
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| 101 | </listitem> |
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| 102 | </varlistentry> |
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| 103 | |
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| 104 | <varlistentry id="ofboot"> |
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| 105 | <term><command>ofboot</command></term> |
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| 106 | <listitem> |
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| 107 | <para>Script to format the boot menu using yaboot.conf and |
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[0877a18] | 108 | write the resulting OpenFirmware code to the bootstrap.</para> |
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[bf8c11f] | 109 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot ofboot"> |
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| 110 | <primary sortas="b-ofboot">ofboot</primary> |
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| 111 | </indexterm> |
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| 112 | </listitem> |
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| 113 | </varlistentry> |
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| 114 | |
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| 115 | <varlistentry id="ofpath"> |
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| 116 | <term><command>ofpath</command></term> |
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| 117 | <listitem> |
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| 118 | <para>Determine OpenFirmware path corresponding to a device |
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[0877a18] | 119 | node.</para> |
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[bf8c11f] | 120 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot ofpath"> |
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| 121 | <primary sortas="b-ofpath">ofpath</primary> |
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| 122 | </indexterm> |
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| 123 | </listitem> |
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| 124 | </varlistentry> |
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| 125 | |
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| 126 | <varlistentry id="yaboot"> |
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| 127 | <term><command>yaboot</command></term> |
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| 128 | <listitem> |
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| 129 | <para>OpenFirmware boot loader.</para> |
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| 130 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot yaboot"> |
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| 131 | <primary sortas="b-yaboot">yaboot</primary> |
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| 132 | </indexterm> |
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| 133 | </listitem> |
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| 134 | </varlistentry> |
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| 135 | |
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| 136 | <varlistentry id="yabootconfig"> |
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| 137 | <term><command>yabootconfig</command></term> |
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| 138 | <listitem> |
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| 139 | <para>Generate and install a simple yaboot.conf.</para> |
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| 140 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot yabootconfig"> |
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| 141 | <primary sortas="b-yabootconfig">yabootconfig</primary> |
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| 142 | </indexterm> |
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| 143 | </listitem> |
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| 144 | </varlistentry> |
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| 145 | |
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| 146 | <varlistentry id="ybin"> |
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| 147 | <term><command>ybin</command></term> |
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| 148 | <listitem> |
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| 149 | <para>Shell script to update or install the boot loader |
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[0877a18] | 150 | on a bootstrap partition.</para> |
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[bf8c11f] | 151 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot ybin"> |
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| 152 | <primary sortas="b-ybin">ybin</primary> |
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| 153 | </indexterm> |
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| 154 | </listitem> |
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| 155 | </varlistentry> |
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| 156 | |
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| 157 | <varlistentry id="yaboot.conf"> |
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| 158 | <term><filename>yaboot.conf</filename></term> |
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| 159 | <listitem> |
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| 160 | <para>Configuration file used by <command>ybin</command> to determine |
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[0877a18] | 161 | how to install <command>yaboot</command> on the bootstrap partition.</para> |
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[bf8c11f] | 162 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot yaboot.conf"> |
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| 163 | <primary sortas="e-yaboot.conf">yaboot.conf</primary> |
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| 164 | </indexterm> |
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| 165 | </listitem> |
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| 166 | </varlistentry> |
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| 167 | |
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| 168 | </variablelist> |
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| 169 | |
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| 170 | </sect2> |
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| 171 | |
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| 172 | </sect1> |
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