Re: Yaboot won't install, boot manually?

earthlingmike@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>Does this mean essentially that I need to have Linux entirely on my
>master drive, or is it just Yaboot that I need to be concerned with?

As soon as the Linux kernel runs, you are free to use any drive
(supported by Linux drivers) for the various mounted file systems.

I am not familiar enough with yaboot to tell if you can get away with
even less than the kernel on the internal drive (most boot loaders
have multiple stages, often with different capabilities wrt drives,
file systems etc.).

- anton
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