Subject: Re: yaboot was destroyed by Mac OS X
From: Gavin Hemphill (hemphill@drea.dnd.ca)
Date: Tue Jun 26 2001 - 06:20:23 MDT
Ted Goranson wrote:
>
> 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,
If the option key at boot works it's essentially doing the same thing
without having to know the partition numbers.
G++
> >>
> >> 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
> >
>
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