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--- a/doc/yaboot-howto.sgml
+++ b/doc/yaboot-howto.sgml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
       <author>
        <name>Chris Tillman</name>
       </author>
-      <version>Version 1.00, Oct 28 2001</version>
+      <version>Version 1.04, Feb 22 2004</version>
       <abstract>
 This document contains installation and usage instructions for
 <prgn>yaboot</prgn>, the GNU/Linux PowerPC bootloader.
@@ -29,9 +29,19 @@ This document contains installation and usage instructions for
        <copyrightsummary>
 This document may be distributed and modified under the terms of the
 GNU General Public License.
-&copy; 1998&ndash;2001 Chris Tillman
+&copy; 1998&ndash;2002 Chris Tillman
         </copyrightsummary>
        <p>
+This document is maintained in the upstream yaboot source.  Patches
+and translations should be sent to erbenson (at) alaska.net.  The most
+recent sgml version of this document is available via the yaboot rsync
+tree: rsync://penguinppc.org/yaboot.
+        <p>
+The master location of this
+document is <url
+id="http://penguinppc.org/bootloaders/yaboot/doc/yaboot-howto.shtml"
+name="http://penguinppc.org/bootloaders/yaboot/doc/yaboot-howto.shtml">.
+       <p>
 This document is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
 Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
@@ -99,7 +109,7 @@ does not change your boot configuration; you must use the included
 
 You can also download <prgn>yaboot</prgn> directly from the
 <prgn>yaboot</prgn> home page at <url
-id="http://penguinppc.org/projects/yaboot">. If you download it using MacOS,
+id="http://penguinppc.org/bootloaders/yaboot/">. If you download it using MacOS,
 be sure to download using <em>binary</em> (not text) format, and don't let
 Stuffit Expander or another utility expand the archive in MacOS.
 
@@ -131,7 +141,7 @@ following commands (substitute the actual revision numbers for X and Y):
 <p>
 
 Be sure you have reviewed the <prgn>mac-fdisk</prgn> Basics page at <url
-id="http://penguinppc.org/projects/yaboot/doc/mac-fdisk-basics.shtml">. If
+id="http://penguinppc.org/bootloaders/yaboot/doc/mac-fdisk-basics.shtml">. If
 you are creating a new Linux installation, the first partition you create
 with <prgn>mac-fdisk</prgn> should be the bootstrap partition. Just use the
 <prgn>mac-fdisk</prgn> <tt>b</tt> command to automatically create a
@@ -147,7 +157,7 @@ bootstrap partition of the proper size and type. If your version of
 (Replace xxxx with the starting block number.) A working tarball of a
 bootstrap-capable version of mac-fdisk (Debian users already have this
 version) is also distributed at <url
-id="http://penguinppc.org/projects/eb/">. To install this, use
+id="http://penguinppc.org/~eb/files/">. To install this, use
 
 <example>
      su -
@@ -365,7 +375,7 @@ assumes it will find the kernel on the same device it was booted from, which
 is quite often true. You should always supply the kernel partition number,
 for example <tt>partition=3</tt>, and of course the image path (for example
 <tt>image=/boot/vmlinux</tt> ). If your kernel image is at the root level of
-the parttion, don't forget to include the leading slash when specifying the
+the partition, don't forget to include the leading slash when specifying the
 image path (<tt>image=vmlinux</tt> will probably fail).
 
 <p>
@@ -670,6 +680,14 @@ If you create <file>yaboot.conf</file> in the MacOS, you must convert
 it to use Unix newlines (linefeeds only). If you use MacOS newlines
 (just carriage returns), <prgn>yaboot</prgn> will be unable to read the file.
 
+<p>
+You must pick a partition that is formatted with either HFS or HFS+.  If 
+you have Mac OS X installed on a UFS partition (You can use the OS X "Disk
+Utility" app to check this), you will have to find another partition to use.
+If Mac OS X is installed on UFS, you probably have one or two partitions 
+of the "Apple_Boot" type.  They have HFS filesystems on them.  Pick one,
+mount it under MacOS X, and store the files there.
+
 <p>
 Boot into OpenFirmware, and type at the prompt:
 <example>
@@ -686,16 +704,15 @@ boot: prompt, type <em>install</em> followed by a return.
 
 Where's home?
 <list>
-<item>    <url id="http://penguinppc.org/projects/yaboot/" name="Yaboot Home">
+<item>    <url id="http://penguinppc.org/bootloaders/yaboot/" name="Yaboot Home">
 </list>
 
 <p>
 
 How do I install Debian?
 <list>
-<item>    <url id="http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/doc/install.en.html"
+<item>    <url id="http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/powerpc/install"
     name="Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 For PowerPC">
-<item>    <url id="http://www.debian.org/releases/potato/powerpc/install" name="Installing Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 For PowerPC">
 </list>
 
 <p>