source: final-system/ppc/yaboot.xml@ 4981156

Last change on this file since 4981156 was 3d23af3, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 19 years ago

r3373@server (orig r1556): ken | 2006-05-10 15:15:06 -0700
Improve yaboot.conf and add examples of sata paths, drop reference to pegasos ppc for lack of information, and correct my attempts to spell Open Firmware as one word.

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