Yaboot on mini-ppc

hi,
I try to install archlinux-ppc on my mini-ppc /dev/hda4
I have kubuntu already running on /dev/hda3 OK
I have this yaboot.conf:
boot=/dev/hda2
device=/pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:
partition=3
root=/dev/hda3
timeout=50
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
enablecdboot
enableofboot
image=/boot/vmlinux
label=Linux
read-only
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
image=hd:4,/boot/vmlinux26
label=arch
root=/dev/hda4
partition=4
initrd=/boot/kernel26.img
read-only
but arch load kernel and then have kernel-panic...... fstab seems OK
can you help me ?
thankyou

rayjgu3 wrote:im not familiar with ppc but i do know arch by default the naming scheme of devices do not include /dev/hda
so i would say try /dev/sda watch text during boot you should see something saying similar to
mknod /dev/sda b 8 3 or the like if so you need to change fstab
maybe this helps
No, in fact that does not. PPC does not come with an ide chipset that has a pata driver for it yet.

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