Subject: Re: can't dual boot CS 1.2.1 and Mac OS X beta on dual g4
From: Rafael M. Montante Lopez (rml@mira.labvis.unam.mx)
Date: Thu Oct 26 2000 - 21:16:40 MDT
Hi Phill, I have a question for you.
Did you can install YDL in your second IDE drive?
I'm trying to install it in a dual-G4 with Mac OS 9, but I can't. I
had been reading the Benjamin's page and his recomendations, but I don't
know what happen with the scripts. I'm a new user in Mac and Linux.
If is the case, how did you install YDL?
thanks in advance.
Rafael Montante.
On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Phill Zarfos wrote:
> Help!
>
> I have a dual G4 with 2 IDE drives. The slave has Mac OS X beta
> on it, the master has YDL CS 1.2.1 on it.
>
> When I turn the mac on, it shows the following:
> - folder with a question mark icon
> - folder with a mac-face icon
> - folder with a question mark icon, again
> - folder with a mac-face icon, again
> - happy mac
> - then boots Mac OS X beta.
>
> The problem is it never boots linux.
>
> Here's a bunch of things that didn't work...
>
> I've poured over the web site and October's list messages
> but can't find a similar problem. (I saw someone triple-
> booting, but it appears you need Mac OS 9 to configure
> yaboot.)
>
> When I try to mount any of the master drive's partitions
> under OS X, I get a "bad superblock" error. (not a suprise.)
> (I was hoping to find yaboot.conf or lilo.conf or something.)
>
> Mac OS X doesn't have the same "System Folder" like OS 9
> (as near as I can tell) so I can't figure out where to
> copy yaboot.conf, etc.
>
> Mac OS X "Startup Disk" utility doesn't recognize the
> master drive with CS 1.2.1 on it.
>
> I've tried booting from the Open Firmware... I got to
> the ">" prompt, but none of my "boot hd..." commands
> worked.
>
> I've tried booting while holding down the spacebar,
> but it ignores that and just boots Mac OS X beta.
>
> I'm out of ideas. Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks,
> Phill Zarfos
> zarf@home.com
>
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