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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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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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39 | |
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40 | <screen os="b"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&yaboot-fix-patch;</userinput></screen> |
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41 | |
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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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44 | |
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45 | <screen os="d"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&yaboot-sata-patch;</userinput></screen> |
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46 | |
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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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50 | |
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51 | <screen os="f"><userinput>sed -i 's%/usr/local%/usr%' man/*</userinput></screen> |
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52 | |
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53 | <para os="g">Compile the package:</para> |
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54 | |
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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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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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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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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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108 | write the resulting OpenFirmware code to the bootstrap.</para> |
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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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119 | node.</para> |
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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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150 | on a bootstrap partition.</para> |
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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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161 | how to install <command>yaboot</command> on the bootstrap partition.</para> |
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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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