X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FREADME.rs6000;fp=doc%2FREADME.rs6000;h=67dd90475883a4c28cdffff2b13c2ed099125fe5;hb=f4ebbd9f7ea23e3f0fcbe098754580c220894628;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hpb=f42aaadb5c8c5f7f15e5159cbc251e64e1a4ac8f;p=yaboot.git diff --git a/doc/README.rs6000 b/doc/README.rs6000 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..67dd904 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/README.rs6000 @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +RS/6000 yaboot Notes +--------------------- + +A. System Partitioning: + 1. Only FDISK partitioning has been tested on the RS/6000. + However, yaboot does support mac partitions on a mac, so they should + work on an RS/6000 if you really want to go that route. + 2. Extended FDISK partitions have not been tested and are not expected to + work at this time. + 3. yaboot must be installed by itself in a bootable partition of type 0x41. + This partition must be less than 10MB. + + Recommended partition configuration: + /dev/sda1 : PREP Boot. Type 0x41. Size = 4 MB + /dev/sda2 : Linux swap. Type 0x82. Size = 128 MB + /dev/sda3 : Linux native. Type 0x83. + +B. Building & Installation: + 1. See the partitioning section for notes & examples on how to configure + your system partitions when installing Linux. + 2. Build yaboot by doing: + make clean; make + 3. Install yaboot by doing (as root): + dd if=yaboot of=/dev/sdax + where x is the boot partition; for example: dd if=yaboot of=/dev/sda1 + 4. Make a yaboot.conf file in /etc/yaboot.conf + +C. Configuration File (/etc/yaboot.conf): + 1. See the ybin documentation for the full range of options. + 2. Options tested on an RS/6000 include: + timeout =