More than 3 bootable partitions

Thu, 23 Oct 2003 13:14:28 -0400

Mike, I have a G4 (New World ROM machine as is your iMac) and have tried to
install YDL 3.0 using the 3.0 installer from the ftp site. I have 3
different hard disks and prior to attempting to install ydl, I used the
Option key to boot into either OSX or OS9. The installer messed up by boot
partitions and I had to repair them using pdisk.  Can you tell me exactly
how you installed YDL...which installer, etc. I though that the firmware
(option key) would detect the Linux OS, but it did not in my
case...obviously it CAN. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

steve gross

----- Original Message -----
From: "M. Rowen" <mike@bcmr3.net>
To: <yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: More than 3 bootable partitions

> 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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