Yaboot and 10.3 Panther

AJ Hawks yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Mon, 30 Aug 2004 10:24:15 -0600


- Boot YDL by holding down 'option' on boot and selecting the Linux
partition.

- Once YDL boots, log in as root and run 'ybin'.  This will set
OpenFirmware to use yaboot as the bootloader :)

-AJ


On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 08:23, Saverio D'Agostino wrote:
> Hello  all,
> 
> I have recently installed OSX 10.3 - Panther.
> 
> When my powerbook boots up, the yaboot loader doesn't appear anymore.
> 
> To boot into Linux, I now have to hold down the option key at startup to
> show all availiable bootable volumes,  select my linux partition, and then
> proceed.
> 
> Then, the Yaboot loader appears as normal.
> 
> So either how do I disable Yaboot in order to remove another process - so I
> just hold option and click on the volume that I want to boot from, i.e. the
> Linux partition and boot?
> 
> Or preferably..
> 
> How do I make yaboot appear at startup once more?
> 
> thanks
> 
> _______________________________________________
> yellowdog-newbie mailing list
> yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie