Dual boot ydl and OS X

[Greg Hamilton]

Holy Crap, Panther works in MOL.

I just typed startmol -X and there it is. I haven't even edited the 
default molrc.osx config file and the startup disk for that partition 
is set to OS 9 so maybe that's not a problem after all.

Most importantly, now I can use my trusty Laser brand mouse in OS X. Oh 
happy days.

Greg

On 25/02/2004, at 12:19 PM, Greg Hamilton wrote:

> OK, well that was interesting.
>
> I tried the discussed configuration on an old 400MHz CRT iMac before 
> risking it on my iBook because I wasn't too worried about trashing the 
> iMac. An interesting trap for young players:  The CRT iMac requires a 
> firmware upgrade before installing OS X >= 10.2. If you haven't 
> applied the update then not only can you expect the OS X install to 
> fail, but when you reboot video on the built-in monitor will be 
> completely hosed. Fortunately I had a spare VGA monitor handy and a 
> moment's Googling turned up a description of the problem and a link to 
> the firmware update. That problem solved I gave up on OS X and went to 
> bed.
>
> So today, despite that debacle, I installed 10.3 on the same partition 
> as OS 9 on my iBook. As expected the machine now boots straight into 
> OS X, or OS 9 if I change the 'Startup Disk' in System Preferences. If 
> I hold 'option' while booting I can select the Linux partition and it 
> boots fine.
>
> Running ybin in Linux should get my yaboot prompt back though I think 
> yaboot likes to distinguish b/w OS 9 and OS X. That should be 
> interesting since they're both on the same partition. I think I'll 
> just leave them out of yaboot.conf and use the 'option' key at startup 
> to select whatever's set as the 'Startup Disk' on that partition.
>
> MOL works with OS 9 though I think I need to have the 'Startup Disk' 
> set to OS 9. I tried it once with the 'Startup Disk' set to OS X and 
> it didn't get very far. I need to try this again to be sure.
>
> My cheap 'Laser' brand five button optical mouse doesn't work in 
> Panther. Of course it doesn't work in OS 9 either. But it works in 
> Linux and it works fine in OS 9 in MOL. Oh well.
>
> Now I wonder if I'm ever going to be able to run Panther in MOL. The 
> MOL web site doesn't mention Panther support. I don't have high hopes.
>
> Greg
>
> On 18/02/2004, at 1:35 PM, Norberto Quintanar wrote:
>
>> I've never tried your set up, but I'd say GO FOR IT!!  Then post you
>> results.  Good or bad.
>>
>> --- Greg Hamilton <gregh@object-craft.com.au> wrote:
>>> The machine is a 500MHz dual USB iBook. I replaced the ailing
>>> original
>>> 10Gb HD with a 40Gb drive. I installed OS 9 on a 10Gb partition and
>>>
>>> then installed YDL 3.0 on the remaining 30Gb. So I now have a big
>>> ext2
>>> partition, a Linux swap partition, an HFS+ partition and all those
>>> other weird little partitions OS9 seems to depend on.
>>>
>>> I'm sure OS 9 and OS X can live on the same HFS+ partition provided
>>> you
>>> have all those other little partitions for OS 9 to do it's thing
>>> and OS
>>> X should fit comfortably on the OS 9 partition. The only thing I
>>> use it
>>> for is playing Civ III, I don't think there's anything else
>>> installed
>>> there other than the OS.
>>>
>>> I'd totally forgotten about the Option key. That should do the
>>> trick.
>>> I'm feeling pretty brave, I might give it a go.
>>>
>>> Greg
>>>
>>>
>
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