source: chapter06/yaboot.xml@ 0b960a2

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<sect1 id="ch-system-yaboot" role="wrap" arch="ppc">
<title>Yaboot-&yaboot-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot"><primary sortas="a-Yaboot">Yaboot</primary></indexterm>

<sect2 role="package"><title/>
<para>The Yaboot package contains the PowerPC Boot Loader.</para>

<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
<seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>10 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
</sect2>

<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Yaboot</title>

<para>Yaboot has a compilation error.  The following patch properly fixes that issue</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../yaboot-&yaboot-version;-fix-1.patch</userinput></screen>

<para>Compile the Yaboot package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make PREFIX=/usr</userinput></screen>

<para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make PREFIX=/usr install</userinput></screen>

<para>Move the files need in /boot</para>
<screen><userinput>install ofboot.b /boot
install /usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot /boot
install yaboot.conf /boot
install boot.msg /boot</userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2 id="contents-yaboot" role="content"><title>Contents of Yaboot</title>

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<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
<seglistitem><seg>Unchecked</seg></seglistitem>
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<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<varlistentry id="ofboot.b">
<term><command>ofboot.b</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Need Description</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot ofboot.b"><primary sortas="e-ofboot.b">ofboot.b</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="yaboot">
<term><command>yaboot</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Need Description</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot yaboot"><primary sortas="b-yaboot">yaboot</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="yaboot.conf">
<term><command>yaboot.conf</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Need Description</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot yaboot.conf"><primary sortas="e-yaboot.conf">yaboot.conf</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="boot.msg">
<term><command>boot.msg</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Need Description</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-yaboot boot.msg"><primary sortas="e-boot.msg">yaboot-boot.msg</primary></indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</sect2>

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