MacOSX update wiped out Yaboot?
wmkruse
yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Thu Apr 25 11:03:01 2002
Ah yes... the finger cramping combination. Yes it worked, thanks! It
appears that I must use this method to initiate Yaboot each time I want
to boot into YDL, unless I reinstall the Yaboot? I tried rebooting a
couple of times and each time it went directly to MacOS.
On Thu, 2002-04-25 at 11:18, Eric D. wrote:
> It's command-option-o-f & I _know_ it works on a B&W G3 ;)
>
> Then type the:
> boot hd:9,yaboot command (or whatever ID # is relevant)
>
> (to some "command" is known as the Apple key... I think (I could be
> completely wrong but this has been my personal experience) mostly by the
> people who came into Mac through the LC/consumer series).
>
> on 25/4/02 10:29, wmkruse at wmkruse@charter.net wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, I own one of the first B&W G3's. That must be the reason
> > using the option key has no effect on my booting?
> >
> > Using "option"-"o"-"f" on booting also did not work.
> >
> > I went through the custom installation process and all the steps. When
> > it rebooted it went directly to MacOS again. This was the same issue I
> > had earlier when trying to install YDL 2.2 the first time. I had to
> > install YDL 2.1 and then install YDL 2.2 to get yaboot to work.
> >
> > On Thu, 2002-04-25 at 06:49, mr.snow wrote:
> >> or/ from open firmware
> >>
> >> 1 boot to open firmware ( reboot opt apple o + f )
> >> 2 type 'boot hd:9,yaboot' ( if the boot partition is hda9 )
> >> 3 /usr/sbin/ybin ( run ybin )
>
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