This document contains installation and usage instructions for
yaboot, the GNU/Linux PowerPC bootloader.
@@ -29,9 +29,19 @@ This document contains installation and usage instructions for
This document may be distributed and modified under the terms of the
GNU General Public License.
-© 1998–2001 Chris Tillman
+© 1998–2002 Chris Tillman
+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.
+
+The master location of this
+document is .
+
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 yaboot directly from the
yaboot home page at . If you download it using MacOS,
+id="http://penguinppc.org/projects/yaboot/">. If you download it using MacOS,
be sure to download using binary (not text) format, and don't let
Stuffit Expander or another utility expand the archive in MacOS.
@@ -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 . To install this, use
+id="http://penguinppc.org/~eb/files/">. To install this, use
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 partition=3, and of course the image path (for example
image=/boot/vmlinux ). 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 (image=vmlinux will probably fail).
@@ -670,6 +680,14 @@ If you create yaboot.conf in the MacOS, you must convert
it to use Unix newlines (linefeeds only). If you use MacOS newlines
(just carriage returns), yaboot will be unable to read the file.
+
+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.
+
Boot into OpenFirmware, and type at the prompt:
@@ -693,9 +711,8 @@ Where's home?
How do I install Debian?
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