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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