MacOSX update wiped out Yaboot?
mr.snow
yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Thu Apr 25 16:28:00 2002
remember , once you boot linux, run '/usr/sbin/ybin' to reinstantiate
yaboot as the boot method .
oh yes the apple key . am i showing my heritage ? =95
>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 reas=
on
>> > 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. Whe=
n
>> > 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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