Re: Installing yaboot without MacOS?


Subject: Re: Installing yaboot without MacOS?
From: Stew Benedict (stewb@centurytel.net)
Date: Fri Apr 20 2001 - 13:56:00 MDT


Get a copy of ybin/yaboot. Create a small HFS partition. (say 1MB) and
then set it up as a bootstrap:

http://www.ibooklinux.net/php/ibooklinux_g_h.php3?single=50

I'm running my PowerBook without any MacOS

Stew Benedict

On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Niall Dalton wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a Firewire Powerbook G3, and I'm tring to get YDL up
> and running on it. The complication is that I do not have
> a copy of MacOS, and the disk is completely bare. I can install
> from the CD, but I can't seem to get a boot loader to install.
> Can someone tell me how to get yaboot installed so I can
> boot the newly installed OS? Can I boot the new OS from
> open firmware?
>
> Regards,
> Niall
>
>



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