- Issued:
- 2011-11-23
- Updated:
- 2011-11-23
RHBA-2011:1475 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
yaboot bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated yaboot package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The yaboot package provides a boot loader for Open Firmware based PowerPC
systems. The Yaboot boot loader can be used to boot IBM System p machines.
This update fixes the following bug:
- The Yaboot boot loader did not store additional arguments that were provided
by a user on system boot, therefore these arguments were discarded whenever the
Client Architecture Support (CAS) firmware interface initialized system reboot.
This behavior prevented, under certain circumstances, the Anaconda installer
from proper system installation. Yaboot has been modified to keep additional
boot parameters, and the parameters required for proper system installation are
now passed to Anaconda as expected. (BZ#747716)
All users of yaboot are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
this bug.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.1 ppc64
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
yaboot-1.3.14-35.el6_1.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 803c512871bd380be6279685b8adf30bd47dd0764bb385a1c0e1ea1ddead8afd |
ppc64 | |
yaboot-1.3.14-35.el6_1.3.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 318f724c6925fbf725501fcc0870f0ae648be7b0d220bb80b73bf808df043cd8 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.1
SRPM | |
---|---|
yaboot-1.3.14-35.el6_1.3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 803c512871bd380be6279685b8adf30bd47dd0764bb385a1c0e1ea1ddead8afd |
ppc64 | |
yaboot-1.3.14-35.el6_1.3.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 318f724c6925fbf725501fcc0870f0ae648be7b0d220bb80b73bf808df043cd8 |
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