When installing YDL2.1 on a Titanium G4 powerbook without a superdrive you may get an error when selecting your installation source of CDROM. The solution is rather simple.
Installation:
When you get the lilo: prompt, type in 'install-gui hdc=ide-scsi'
lilo: install-gui hdc=ide-scsi
This will allow you to get through the installation process, however upon your next boot you will not be able to access the CDROM drive. To solve this, you will need to edit your yaboot configuration.
Post-Install:
1. open /etc/yaboot.conf in your favorite editor. I use vim but you can use 'pico' or 'joe' if you prefer.
2. In the file you will find a general section at the top with lines like the following:
# ybin options3. After that are a series of sections beginning with image=. One of them will be the section you use for linux. It will look like this:
boot=/dev/hda10
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
delay=10
defaultos=linux
enablecdboot
# yaboot options
init-message="\nWelcome to YellowDog\n\n"
timeout=50
default=linux
partition=12
# yaboot images4. Add append=" hdc=ide-scsi" to that section so that it looks like so:
image=/vmlinux
label=linux
root=/dev/hda13
# yaboot images5. Run /usr/sbin/ybin to update the ybin boot record with the new configuration.
image=/vmlinux
label=linux
root=/dev/hda13
append=" hdc=ide-scsi"
This HOWTO was written by Caskey Dickson
