Hello.
I have installed FC3 via NFS on a G3 ibook, which i intend to dual boot
with OSX. I partitioned the drive, OSX boots fine. I also have an
Apple BootStrap partition, an ext3 partition and a swap partition.
I used "linux text" to begin the installation, 25 minutes later I got a
prompt to reboot. I rebooted, OSX booted. I used the boot disc to take
me back to anaconda, then switched to shell.
After typing "parted /dev/hda print" i received the following results:
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Using /dev/hda
(parted) print
Disk geometry for /dev/hda: 0.000-28615.781 megabytes
Disk label type: mac
Minor Start End Filesystem Name Flags
1 0.000 0.031 Apple
2 0.031 0.058 Macintosh
3 0.059 0.085 Macintosh
4 0.086 0.113 Macintosh
5 0.113 0.140 Macintosh
6 0.141 0.390 Macintosh
7 0.391 0.640 Macintosh
8 0.641 0.890 Patch Partition
12 0.891 1.890 hfs untitled boot
10 128.891 20480.890 hfs Apple_HFS_Untitled_3
9 20480.891 28180.890 ext3 untitled
11 28180.891 28614.890 linux-swap swap swap
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I follow this with the command "yabootconfig -r //dev/hda9/ -b //dev/hda12/ --kernel
/boot/vmlinuz-* --initrd /boot/initrd-*"
which results in the error:
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id: unknown group name: 0
/mnt/sysimage/sbin/yabootconfig: line 455: [: !=: unary operator expected
yabootconfig: / does not appear to be a valid root filesystem
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I then try:
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# chroot /mnt/sysimage
# /sbin/yabootconfig -r /dev/hda9 -b /dev/hda12 --kernel /boot/vmlinuz-*
--initrd /boot/initrd-*
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which completes successfully, but system still boots into OSX.
I load the boot disc again, go to a prompt.
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# mount /dev/hda9 /mnt/sysimage
# chroot /mnt/sysimage
# cat /etc/yaboot.conf
boot=/dev/hda12
device=pci@f2000000/mac-io@17/ata-4@1f000/disk@o:
init-message=Welcome to Fedora Core\!
Hit <TAB> for boot options.
partition=9
timeout=30
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
default=Linux
defaultos=linux
image=//boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667
label=Linux
root=/dev/hda9
read-only
initrd=//boot/initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
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Any help appreciated.
Paul C