More than 3 bootable partitions

[Norberto Quintanar]

I'm very interested in this thread in that I tried to get 8.1, 9, 10
and linux to boot on a QuickSilver G4/867 512MB ram and a 60 GB HD. 
I also came to the conclusion that it was yaboots limitations that
prevented me from accomplishing this goal.  If you read up on
openfirmware at http://www.openfirmware.org/ you'll discover that
Open firmware is pretty versatile.  One of the companies listed has
even gotten windows NT and Mac to boot off the same machine.  Pretty
impressive.  I've followed the yaboot forums over at penguinppc for
awhile and some PPC users have tried to install 2 yaboots. So when
you boot up the first yaboot points to Mac OS and Linux, choose Linux
and you go to Your Linux partition.  If you choose Mac OS it takes
you to the second yaboot and there you choose between the three Mac
OS's fascinating, but as far as I know no one has gotten it to work.
If I run accross anyone who has this working I will definitely post
that info to the list.  In the meantime, good luck :)


M. Rowen yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com 
23 Oct 2003 10:47:46 -0500 

---wrote---

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


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--Norberto Quintanar 

"You belong to something bigger. From birth. And your life is spent rediscovering the underlying principles, through various players -- coaches, mentors, teachers, spouses, kids. It's in your genes. Your responsibility. Destiny. Is all on you.  Lead, follow, or get out of the way."  
--Norberto Quintanar

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