Subject: Re: yaboot was destroyed by Mac OS X
From: Ted Goranson (tedg@infi.net)
Date: Mon Jun 25 2001 - 22:24:23 MDT
John--
This is incredibly helpful information. I have the same problem. Or
it would be helpful if I knew my hda numbers. Is there a way to
discover them from OS 9.1?
Best, Ted
>On Thu Jun 14 15:33:11 2001 Yukiko Takiguchi wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I succedded to install YDL2.0 on PowerBook G3 (333MHz, lambard).
>> I just followed " Guide to Installing" then I could boot YDL.
>> I did "startx" and could saw KDE with sound. Yay!
>>
>> But, I got a problem now.
>>
>> After I booted Mac OS 9.1 then rebooted it, I could see yaboot
>> screen at first of all, but when I went Mac OS 9.1 -> Mac OS X
>> and back StartUp Disk to Mac OS 9.1 then reboot, I couldn't see
>> yaboot screen that can allow me choose L or M or C.
>
>For some reason, booting into Mac OS X changes the open firmware
>default boot settings.
>
>You have two options:
>
> 1. You can hold down four keys while rebooting to make the
> machine boot into open firmware. Those four keys are:
>
> option cmd o f
>
> Once you have the open firmware prompt, you can issue
> the command:
>
> boot hd:XX,yaboot
>
> Where the XX is replaced with the partition number of
> the boot sector (it's 10 in my case).
>
> 2. Or, you can follow the instructions Dan gave me to
> reprogram open firmware:
>
> setenv boot-device hd:10,ofboot.b
> reset-all
>
>Open Firmware is a pretty neat system. See TIL Article #60285 for
>a basic introduction.
>
>John
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