yaboot error on ppc instalation on external HD

[Colin Watson]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 11:38:17AM +0200, altern wrote:
> i am not sure if anyone has already talked about this issue.
> I am trying to install ubuntu on a powerbook 12". I am using an external 
> usb 160G HD and i am trying to install ububtu there (i am not confident 
> yet to install it on my main HD).
> I get an error saying that yaboot cannot be installed.

yaboot doesn't understand how to find the OpenFirmware path to external
disks yet, so booting off them won't work. There's an open bug about
this.

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                    [cjwatson at canonical.com]