Subject: Re: MacOS 9 and YD Linux?
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Wed Oct 20 1999 - 14:44:40 MDT
Yes, MacOS 9 and Linux for Macs are currently not compatible. Ben H,
author of BootX is working on a fix.
> After talking w/some friends running PPC and YDL.. there was problems
> after upgrading to OS9. We speculated that linux can't read the new
> MBB or some part of the drive changed after the update. The only fix
> we came up with was to use a MacOS8.5 or 8.6 install disk and
> 'update' the drivers back down to one of these. After that, linux
> could see the partitions again. Hope this helps.
>
> -Aaron
>
> At 1:40 AM -0700 10/20/99, Tom Tarka took
> the time to write:
> > Patrik Frisk wrote:
> >
> >> I had the same problem but manage to work around it using Benjamin
> >> Herrenschmidt´s kernel and uppgrading the BootX to 1.2b1. You can download
> >> the kernel and BootX here http://calvaweb.calvacom.fr/bh40/test.html.
> >
> > hrm. I installed his kernel, the new BootX Ext. and Cntrl Panel, but still
> > no joy for my G4/400. I have tried it with hda=noautotune and without.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > -t
>
>
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Dan
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Yellow Dog Linux
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