Yaboot problem

[Mr. Knisely]

Mauro K. T. Tojo wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I was really looking forward to testing ubuntu on my iMac G3 400 and 
> I've spent more than 10 hours reading articles and trying to install it.
>
> I tried to install:
>
> 1) On a partition on my ext FW drive
>
> 2) On a partition of my internal HD
>
> 3) Erasing my internal HD completely and installing only ubuntu
>
> Problem is, everything always goes well until yaboot installation. It 
> NEVER installs, stops at 83% and fails. And I've tried creating all 
> the partitions myself and also letting the installer do it 
> automatically, everything that you can imagine (non-commandline wise) 
> I've tried.
>
> Right now the Ubuntu system is in my third partition, hda3, and I just 
> can't boot it because yaboot never manages to install in the bootstrap 
> partition (number 2). If I try to boot it from the CD yaboot via 
> hd:3,/boot/vmlinux kernel it boots from the installed system in my HD 
> but stops because it says there is no root argument (asks me to append 
> a valid root argument, which I guess is root=/dev/hda3)
>
> Can anyone help me?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
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> Kioshi
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>
I just got done doing an install on an iMac G3 Tray loading system and 
it went witout issue.  I told the 5.10 install to take over the drive 
and it setup 4 partitions and it worked witout a hitch.  In all, the 
install was as flawless as an Intel box install.  The only issue I have 
is that the monitro is stuck on a VERY LOW resolution... something 
smaller than 640x480 and I can't seem to fix it.  Other than that, it is 
great!

Mike K.