More than 3 bootable partitions

[M. Rowen]

I did try adding another "macos" line to the yaboot.conf file, but this
did not result in any additional boot choices (I did run ybin after the
update). I guess I will have to dig deeper into Yaboot. I'm still not
sure if this is a Yaboot limitation or one imposed by the hardware and
the open boot firmware. Although I've worked with single partition Macs
in the past and have worked with Linux on Intel systems, this is the
first time I've done any multiple partition stuff with a Mac. I guess my
next attempt will be to bring up the firmware open boot menu to see what
is presented there. I'll let you know what I find.

-Mike

On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 07:30, Robert Fernandes wrote:
> I have not tried this (I only have the "normal" three partitions), but 
> I believe that what you need to do is to edit the /etc/yaboot.conf file 
> by hand and then update yaboot by running ybin. You need to do this as 
> root.
> 
> Login and open a command line, then type su, then enter the root 
> password. You can use vi if you like, but I usually use one of the 
> wysiwyg editors like kate, so I would then type kate /etc/yaboot.conf &.
> 
> Toward the end of the yaboot.conf file, you will see two lines for your 
> macos and macosx partitions. You will need to know the partition number 
> for your other macos partition - you should be able to figure this out 
> based on the numbers for the listed yaboot partitions. I would try 
> adding another line but I am guessing that you will need to call it 
> something other than macos, perhaps macos2. What yaboot will do with 
> this, I don't know. I assume it will asign some letter key to boot it 
> since it doesn't let you choose? Anyone?
> 
> Once the file is saved, type ybin - this will update the bootloader. 
> Reboot and good luck!
> 
> On Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at 11:55 PM, M. Rowen wrote:
> 
> > All of these partitions are on a single 60GB disk. The MacOS9 partition
> > in question is still there, I just don't get a choice from Yaboot to
> > boot from it because it appears limited to allowing only three
> > partitions.
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> > On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 21:56, Steven Gross wrote:
> >> How did you install without issues? Did you have to unplug your 
> >> drives etc?
> >> WHen I tried to install using 3 drives (one for OSX one for OS9 and 
> >> one for
> >> Linux (YDL 3.0), it casued a problem with my boot partiions and I 
> >> have to go
> >> through lengths to resore them using a special pdisk from Yellowdog
> >> (Terrasoft), and I could never get yaboot to boot up at all...
> >> thanks
> >>
> >> steve
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "M. Rowen" <mike@bcmr3.net>
> >> To: <yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 10:31 PM
> >> Subject: More than 3 bootable partitions
> >>
> >>
> >>> This question may be more about Macs in general, but may relate to
> >>> Yellow Dog Linux. I partitioned my 800MHZ G4 iMac a few days ago. 
> >>> When I
> >>> did so, I created 2 MacOS9 partitons, 1 MacOSX partition, and left
> >>> unallocated space for Yellow Dog. I installed Yellow Dog without any
> >>> issues today. But when configuring Yaboot, it only allowed me to 
> >>> select
> >>> 1 MacOSX partition and 1 OS9 partition. Is there a way to get Yaboot 
> >>> to
> >>> recognize two MacOS9 Partitions? They both show up in the device list
> >>> when I configured Yaboot.
> >>>
> >>> -Mike Rowen
> >>>
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