Re: [iBook 300Mhz] ybin: undocumented error ?

[Ennio-Sr <nasr.laili@tin.it>]

* Ken Moffat <zarniwhoop@ntlworld.com> [140607, 14:09]:
> > [...]
> > One thing I had not noticed before: when I 'run ybin -v' I get:
> > 
> > / ybin: Finding OpenFirmware device path to `/dev/hda9'... /
> > / Cannot create temp file, aborting. /
> > / ybin: An error occured while building first stage loader.  aborting... /
> > 

>  Ybin is a shell script, so you can read it to see why this message
> occurs.  Looks as if 'mktemp' didn't manage to create a temporary
> file, maybe at the part labelled '## yaboot.conf autogeneration.'.
> 
>  I'm unclear why mktemp would fail - you could try running the
> command in the script from the command line to see what error
> messages you get (/tmp partition full, perhaps, or even a missing
> mktemp).

Hi Ken,

thanks a lot for your rapid answer that enabled me solve (at least
partially) that problem.

I should have thought to look into ybin before posting ;-) Anyway, the
error was caused by the non-existence of a '/root/.tmp' dir!
I still lack a dual boot, but this is another issue ... (I'm almost
convinced, at this point, that Mac OS 9 cannot master more that 60GB hd)

Thanks again. Ciao,
	Ennio

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