Subject: Re: Booting directly into linux
From: Daniel Gimpelevich (Daniel_Gimpelevich@compuserve.com)
Date: Sat Aug 12 2000 - 21:31:49 MDT
> From: Jag <agrajag@linuxpower.org>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:08:16 -0700
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Booting directly into linux
>
> I have an old-world PPC (a 6500) that I would like to get to boot
> directly into Linux. I was looking over the CS 1.2 docmentation and it
> said that I would have to use bootx which requires me to boot into MacOS
> first. I find this very unsettling that a server distro requires you to
> boot into another OS first. This makes it a real PITA to run headless
> (as many servers are) and also wastes hard drive space for the other OS.
>
> If anyone knows of a way to get CS1.2 to boot directly into linux on an
> old-world mac, please let me know.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Jag
>
BootX comes with something called miBoot, but no instructions for it. It is
exactly what you are looking for. To find out how to use it, see
<http://lists.linuxppc.org/listarcs/linuxppc-user/200003/msg01388.html>.
-DG
-- "No gnu's is good gnu's." --Gary Gnu, "The Great Space Coaster"
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