Can't boot OX/X directly after installing YD 3.0

[Douglas Phillipson]

Got it working, thanks everyone.  The fix was adding macosx=/dev/hda2 to 
/etc/yaboot.conf and running ybin.  I then got a "Press "x" to boot 
macosx prompt at boot time.

Regards

Doug P

Mannequin* wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 09:58:16 -0700
> Douglas Phillipson <dougp@intermind.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Already did the RTFM thing on yaboot, didn't even touch on booting any
>>MAcOS, just Linux.  The homepage for yaboot looks interesting though. 
>>Thanks
>>
>>Doug P
> 
> 
> Well, I didn't know for the longest time that there was a different man
> page for yaboot.conf.
> 
> In my version of the man page for yaboot.conf, it has a sample
> configuration at the end of the file that includes booting both MacOS,
> and MacOSX:
> 
> EXAMPLES
>        Here is an example yaboot.conf file:
> 
>               boot=/dev/hda2
>               device=hd:
>               root=/dev/hda3
>               partition=3
>               timeout=20
>               install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
>               magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
>               fgcolor=black
>               bgcolor=green
>               default=Linux
>               defaultos=linux
>               password=secret
> 
>               image=/boot/vmlinux
>                    label=Linux
>                    read-only
>                    restricted
> 
>               image=/boot/vmlinux.old
>                    label=linux.old
>                    read-only
> 
>               macos=hd:9
>               macosx=/dev/hda10
> 
> Of course, yours will probably be simpler that this. Here's my
> yaboot.conf:
> 
> 	boot=/dev/hda9
> 	device=hd:
> 	partition=10
> 	root=/dev/hda10
> 	timeout=30
> 	install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
> 	magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
> 
> 	image=/vmlinux
> 		label=Linux
> 		read-only
> 
> 	macos=/dev/hda17
> 
> 	enablecdboot
> 
> This file was autogenerated by Debian's install, but I had to modify it
> so I could boot MacOS and/or MacOSX. (Whichever I was using at the
> time.)
> 
> Hope the helps.
> -Mannequin
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