Changeset 983df6f for boot/ppc/yaboot.xml

Timestamp:

Jun 9, 2006, 5:15:04 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Jim Gifford <clfs@…>

Children:

1e3f8a7

Parents:

d0fd0fd

Message:

r3903@server (orig r1756): ken | 2006-06-09 17:04:23 -0700
First attempt at making the ppc temporary system bootable, plus related cleanups, particularly for creating partitions.

File:

• boot/ppc/yaboot.xml (modified) (1 diff)

boot/ppc/yaboot.xml

@@ -16 +16 @@
   </indexterm>
 
-  <para>This is a place holder for yaboot</para>
+  <para os="a">Some of the idiosyncracies of booting on ppc are discussed in
+   <xref linkend="appendixe" role="."/>. Essentially, there are two options
+   here - either copy the bootloader to an  OSX root partition and boot from
+   Open Firmware, or use an install, Live, or rescue CD to set up a bootstrap
+   partition.</para>
+
+  <sect2 role=".">
+    <title>Copying the bootloader to OSX and booting from OF.</title>
+
+    <para os="b">You must now ensure that <filename>/tools/etc/yaboot.conf</filename>
+    contains the correct details for the CLFS system.  Consult
+    <xref linkend="ch-bootable-yaboot" role="."/> for details, but note that
+    at this point you do not need the <literal>install, magicboot, enablecdboot
+    </literal>or <literal>macosx</literal> parameters because these are not
+    available when you boot from Open Firmware.</para>
+
+    <para os="c">By this stage, you should have the temporary system on an ext2
+    filesystem on your Mac.  Now, from within OSX, copy
+    <filename>/tools/lib/yaboot/yaboot</filename>) and
+    <filename>/tools/etc/yaboot.conf</filename>) to the OSX <filename>/</filename>
+    directory.</para>
+
+   <para os="d">Each time you want to boot into the temporary system, hold down
+   the option-command-o-f keys to get to Open Firmware, then use the following
+   command, replacing <literal>X</literal> with the number of the partition
+   containing the <emphasis>OSX</emphasis> root filesystem (typically, this
+   will be '3').</para>
+
+<screen os="e" role="nodump"><userinput>boot hd:X,yaboot</userinput></screen>
+
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2 role=".">
+    <title>Using a CD to set up the bootstrap partition.</title>
+
+    <para os="f">This is particularly appropriate if you cannot write to an
+    ext2 filesystem from OSX. Boot from the CD, and (as necessary) create
+    partitions and filesystems, mount the CLFS partition at
+    <filename>/tools</filename>  and untar the temporary system there.</para>
+
+    <para os="g">Now set up <filename>/tools/etc/yaboot.conf</filename> - see
+    <xref linkend="ch-bootable-yaboot" role="."/> for details of what should be
+    in it, but note that the <emphasis>install</emphasis> and <emphasis>magicboot
+    </emphasis>specifications should point to<filename>/tools/lib/yaboot/</filename>
+    and <emphasis>not</emphasis> <filename>/usr/lib/yaboot</filename>.</para>
+
+    <para os="h">To write the bootloader to the disk, with <filename>/tools/sbin
+   </filename>first on your path and <filename>/proc</filename> mounted, run the
+   following command:</para>
+
+    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
+    href="../../bootable/ppc/yaboot.xml"
+    xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='r'])"/>
+
+<screen os="j" role="nodump"><userinput>ybin -v -C /tools/etc/yaboot.conf</userinput></screen>
+
+  </sect2>
 
 </sect1>