Subject: Re: trouble with OS X and YDL2.1
From: Gordon Neault (gordo-x@shaw.ca)
Date: Thu Jan 24 2002 - 12:00:50 MST
Might be related to OSX as ufs, I don't know. Apple recommends this only
for OSX Server; I would be using HFS+ if it were me.
Have you tried starting up with the "Option" key pressed (wait a while, it
takes time) and seeing what options you have? You should see OSX, OS9 and
Linux if all is well, and should be able to choose any one (gotta use the
mouse, after the cursor stops playing around).
If you see two Linux HD icons, then your Linux bootloader is on 2 virtual
partitions (dev/hda9 and dev/hda13). Get rid of one, I suggest losing
hda13. That way you will know for sure that yaboot is working on this
particular partition.
You don't mention it, but you can't use a partition greater than hda16 on
any of these OS's.
I am wondering a bit about your partition map; what is before hda11?
If you can boot into OSX, check your partition map: Disk Copy will show it
to you if you go to: [menu] Image: New Image From Device: and click the
arrow in the window that appears. Select "Cancel" to dismiss the window.
On Thursday, January 24, 2002, at 12:45 PM, Joerg Fritsch wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a Cube and OSX is installed in /dev/hda11 (ufs). OS 9.1 is
> installed in /dev/hda12 (hfs), /dev/hda13 (and hda9 also, I wonder why)
> is a OSX BootLoader. Actually when taking a look into these slices they
> only have a yaboot.conf / ofwboot. Finally /dev/hda14 is swap and
> /dev/hda15 is linux (ext2),
>
> O.K. ... everything is fine, I can boot into linx. When I change for the
> first time to OS X everything is fine, but afterwards I can not boot into
> YDL any more. I Have to rewrite yaboot / ybin and then it starts again.
> After I have rewritten yaboot / ybin I can not boot into OSX any more. I
> have to do a fake install (starting the install disk / installer without
> installing any packages actually) ... and then I can boot into OS X, but
> NOT into YDL.
>
> Is there a workaround. Can I hold down command-option-o-f whilst booting
> and giving / specifying the desired boot slice ? Is there any cure ??
>
> Thanks.
> --Joerg
>
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