[Debootloaders-yaboot] Bug#481844: Bug#481844: yaboot: fails to boot on Mac Mini 1.42 GHz (PPC)

Aurélien GÉRÔME ag at debian.org
Mon May 19 11:04:27 UTC 2008


Hi,

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:46:04AM +0200, Per Andersson wrote:
> After installing the current Etch (4.0r3), PowerPC, the system wont
> boot. During install yaboot-installer says it succeeds (installation
> logs attached).
> 
> Entering the Open Firmware with the Cmd-option-o-f and typing 'boot
> hd:1,yaboot' gives the following warning:
> 
> 0 > boot hd:1,yaboot
> Warning: sector size mismatch! can't OPEN: hd:1,yaboot
> Can't open device or file
>  ok

The log you posted indicates your NewWorld bootstrap partition
is /dev/hda1. Thus I am quite surprised to notice hd:1 as OF boot
device. Can you try issuing "boot hd:0"?

Cheers,
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