Installed YDL, can't boot to OSX anymore

Jeff Burton yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Mon, 02 Jun 2003 01:19:50 -0700


same thing happened to me.

http://yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_3.0/ 
dualdrive_applepartmap.shtml
follow the link to the old list posting.  this is a very common thing  
it seems.



On Sunday, June 1, 2003, at 03:28 PM, David Schneider wrote:

> Help! I just installed YDL 3.0, and it's working just fine. The problem
> is, I can no longer boot into OSX. When I hit 'x' at yaboot, OSX starts
> to load, I get the gray screen with the Apple logo and the chasing
> lines, but after a minute or so, the Apple logo changes into a circle
> with a line through it and nothing else happens.
>
> YDL was installed on a separate, internal drive. As recommended by the
> installation guide, YDL was installed on a drive that is first in the
> chain and is jumpered as the master drive. That drive was the only one
> checked off in the installation for being written to, so the drive with
> OSX on it shouldn't have been touched at all as far as I can tell, so
> I'm not sure why it won't boot.
>
> Can anyone help me?
> David
>
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