More than 3 bootable partitions

[M. Rowen]

Since I have a G4 iMac, I can boot while holding down the "option" key
on the keyboard. The open firmware boot displays all four of my bootable
partitions; 1 - Linux, 2 - MacOS9 partitions, and 1 - MacOSX partition.
So, I'll have to assume that either Yaboot can't handle more that three
partitions, or (more likely) I don't know how to properly configure
yaboot.conf yet. Any ideas?

-Mike


On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 10:39, M. Rowen wrote:
> 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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