Re: getting yaboot to work right

That's my post you linked to, and it reflects what I had
earlier posted to this forum as well (the manual change that
you have to re-do every time you run ybin).

This change is different -- it takes advantage of ofwboot's
built-in default which will find and boot the first bsd
partition that happens to contain a kernel.

Quoting Reid Nichol <rnichol_rrcyahoo.com>:

> --- John Brendler <brendlerjgbluebottle.com> wrote:
> > The yaboot bootloader enables one to multiboot
gnu/linux with
> bsd
> > and/or macos.  In theory.
> > 
> > There seems to be a bug in the script that
generates the bootline
> for
> > bsd.  I had previously posted how to edit the
generated bootline
> (in
> > the file ofboot.b, found in the apple bootstrap
partition).
> > 
> > I believe I've sorted out how to fix the script
itself
> > (/usr/local/lib/yaboot/ofboot).  It boils down to
this:
> > 
> > Everywhere you see this:
> > 
> >      $${5%/*} ${5##*/},/bsd"
> > 
> > Replace it with this:
> > 
> >      ${5##*/},ofwboot
> > 
> > After making that change, yaboot presents a stage
1 bootloader
> menu
> > that offers Linux (l) BSD (b), and pressing b
loads openbsd
> perfectly
> > without the need for any intervention.
> > 
> > If one or more people who dual-boot with Linux can
confirm this
> works
> > for them, I'll submit it as a patch.  I can send
any interested
> > individuals the unified diff.
> > http://www.bluebottle.com
> > 
> > 
> 
> I have MacOSX, OpenBSD and Ubuntu Linux on my Mini. 
I'm not sure
> how
> your change alters ofboot.b in the end, but this:
> 
> http:
//ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=198983
> 
> manual change worked for me.  So, if those changes are
equivalent,
> then
> I can say it works here 
> 
> Thanks and hope it works out 
> 
> best regards,
> Reid Nichol
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