Mailing List Archive: Bootloader trouble

Bootloader trouble

Oct 12, 2005, 7:57 AM

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Hello!

Having had no success with the 2005.1 disk, I am trying to reinstall
Gentoo from 2005.0 on my G4 iMac. This had been all right before, but
now I am meeting bootloader trouble. At my first attempt, ybin warned
me that "your kernel is too old". I wonder what the reference is, since
this install has never seen the Web. However, I put in a more recent
kernel (2.6.13.3), but it is also said to be too old, and I am still
having the same trouble: what happens is that the bootloader menu (with
"l for linux", etc) does not show, and that the machine boots directly
into Mac OS9.

Here is my yaboot.conf file. Is there anything wrong i it that could
explain this behaviour?

## yaboot.conf generated by yabootconfig 1.0.8

boot=/dev/hda12
device=/pci@f2000000/mac-io@17/ata-4@1f000/disk@0:
delay=15
timeout=30
macos=hd:10
macosx=hd:11
defaultos=macosx
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
enablecdboot
enableofboot

image=/boot/kernel-2.6.13.3
label=Linux
root=/dev/hda15
partition=15
sysmap=/boot/System.map-2.6.13.3
read-only

Thanks for all hints.

Charles

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Re: Boot trouble [ In reply to ]

nova at macintoshclub

Oct 13, 2005, 9:15 AM

Post #2 of 3 (1449 views)

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I have installed Gentoo linux on an slotloading iMac and it works OK. The
one problem is the kernel. I have tried numerous recompiles, and it gives
this error:
mounting /dev for udev... [oops]
mount failed with error:
wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on udev, or too many mounted
filesystems
since this is a critical task, startup cannot continue
give root password for matienance or Control-D to continue:
I used to be able to type Control-D to reboot or password to enter system,
but not even that works anymore. I now reboot to CD and chroot into my
system to use it.
Any ideas?
thanks,
nick

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Re: Boot trouble [ In reply to ]

rod at nairobi

Oct 14, 2005, 3:24 AM

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On 13 Oct 2005, at 18:15, <nova@macintoshclub.com> wrote:

> mounting /dev for udev... [oops]
> mount failed with error:
> wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on udev, or too many mounted
> filesystems
> since this is a critical task, startup cannot continue
> give root password for matienance or Control-D to continue:
> I used to be able to type Control-D to reboot or password to enter
> system,

I used to get this error with devfs and a few other things on an old
release
(2004.3). Switching to udev, re-emerging pam and something else (dunno
what off the top of my head and the notes are somewhere in
the house move boxes).

Since you already have udev though this isn't necessarily useful info.

Obvious question: you did disable the devfs mount in the kernel build?

Rod (not necessarily useful info but may get someone thinking)

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