Subject: Re: Titanium Powerbook and ybin/yaboot
From: Robert Vogt IV (robert@arborhost.com)
Date: Mon Jun 04 2001 - 13:28:26 MDT
> Just tried to install YDL-2.0 on my PBG4. Went smoothly, I used the custom
> install option (I like to see my mount points!). After the installation I
> rebooted back into linux and edited /etc/yaboot.conf to add the partition
> number for macos. The generic macos=/dev/hda or macos=/dev/sda has caused
> me trouble on two machines now, when I add the partition number for the mac
> side (e.g. macos=/dev/hda9) then those problems go away (I have MacOS X
> before linux, by the way.) Then I used Xautoconfig4 to set up X, as
> recommended on this list.
>
> However, when I now boot into 9.1 my display shows vertical "zebra-stripes"
> immediately after booting (probably 10 pixels wide), followed by the small
> mac logo in inverted colors. Then at the larger "MacOS 9.1" screen colors
> are back to non-inverted and all is well.
>
> Q1: Does anyone else get these zebra stripes?
> Q2: Any way to get rid of them?
> Q3: Why are they there?
Same here ;) I think its a matter of the bootscript performing
its activities... How they're related I don't know, but it certainly
doesn't show up if I go directly to yaboot or the MacOS from OF.
-Robert Vogt IV
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