bootX: how do you set default boot on Mac OS 9?

[Dwayne C Ayers]

Hey Billy,

I have not been successful installing on my pb 3400c either. It always hangs
after entering in the root password and user information.

Dwayne


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Billy Passauer" <billy@passauer.net>
To: <yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: bootX: how do you set default boot on Mac OS 9?


> Paolo Brunello wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have a Powerbook G3 wallstreet, so a old world machine. I've installed
> > YDL 3.0 on a partition and use BootX 1.2.2 to choose whether to boot on
> > Linux or Mac environment. The problem is that Linux is set as the
> > preselected OS and if I'm not there while the machine is rebooting,
> > after 10 secs it will boot in Linux. Is there a way to set the
> > preselected OS to mac OS?
>
> Hi Paolo,
>
> I have yet to successfully get ydl 3 installed on my pb3400c,
> but I believe that I can help you with this.  When bootx loads,
> press the left arrow key so that booting Mac OS becomes "selected".
> You may also need to click on the "save" settings button to make
> it permanent.
>
>   ... Billy ...
>
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