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Doug_M
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 Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:28 am Post subject: [SOLVED] Yaboot won't boot cdroms |
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This is post install. I wanted to boot an older linux cd to use an older gcc version. So I added enablecdboot to my yaboot.conf. The C shows up in the menu on boot. When I press C the screen goes blank then puts me back at the yaboot menu. I press C again and the same thing happens. On the third try it hangs.
So I thought I had a duff cd. I burned another distro (first was YDL 2.1 second was a ppc knoppix disc), same thing. I haven't tried an OS X cd, but I have my suspicions this problem is only with yaboot and linux discs.
Anyone encounter this problem?
Regards,
Doug
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Doug_M
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| Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:42 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, I should have mentioned that. When I hold down C after the chime I can hear the cdrom spinning up but then the yaboot menu displays anyway as if I wasn't pressing the key. |
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JoseJX
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Well, that should always work. :( Try getting into Open Firmware (Apple + Option + O + F on boot). Then use boot cd:,\\tbxi to boot the CD. If this doesn't work, you've got other problems.
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Doug_M
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| Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:28 am Post subject: |
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Openfirmware says it can't open file or device cd: So I tried cdrom:,\\tbxi which it seemed to recognize, but still just brought me to the yaboot menu. I have since tried OS X based cd's and they all boot fine.
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JoseJX
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| Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 3:34 am Post subject: |
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You can try resetting the PRAM, (Apple + Option + P + R) on boot. Perhaps this will fix your problem. But otherwise, I suspect that the images aren't burnt correctly. Can you read the disks in OSX?
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Doug_M
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| Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:47 am Post subject: |
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| You're probably right that the disks are badly burned. I can read them both in Linux. I usually burn ISOs using Toast in OS X. This time I burned them with xcdroast and to be honest, I am not overly familiar with it. I'll try burning one in Toast and see if that's the problem. |
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Doug_M
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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It turned out to be badly burned cd's after all.
Thanks for your help,
Doug |
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