Subject: Re: OS9.2.1/OS X.1/YDL2.0 Boot Help
From: Brian Watson (bcwatso1@uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Oct 08 2001 - 15:50:16 MDT
>As you can see from above. I have all 3 OS's installed on this Wallstreet.
>Iloaded the OS9.1 upgraded to 9.2.1, then I loaded OSX upgraded to OS X.1.
>THis works and I can start each one independently using Startup Disk. Ithen
>loaded YDL2.0 under the OS9.2.1 environment and now I have a situation.
>
>OS92.1 and YDL2.0 boots of OS9.2.1 and presents me the BootX GUI so I can
>choose between MacOS and Linux. This works for both OS's.
>
>When I go to OS9.2.1 Startup Disk and change boot to OSX.1, restart, I end
>up in Open Firmware. Type bye in Open Firmware and the Wallstreet tries to
>boot but it just hangs (floppy with ?). To get out of it I have to do a
>hard reset (4 finger salute) to get it to shutdown and boot again to OS9.2.1
>environment.
>
>Does anybody know how to get all 3 OS' to boot harmoniously in this
>environment? Has anybody worked on BootX to choose boot from any of the 3
>OS's? I'd like to try out OSX, but I have a lot of stuff running and am
>using Linux for, so I'd like to be able to choose any of the 3 OS
>environments.
>
>I also tried the X-Unix List but no answer yet!
>
>Thanks
You're in the right place, however, my only experiences with YDL have
been on a box dedicated for it running MacOS 9.1. However, I have
one question. Has anyone tried booting into Linux with BootX via
launching Classic? I want to know what happens.
--Brian
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