Yaboot and 10.3 Panther

Saverio D'Agostino yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:45:19 +0100


Thanks AJ,

Is ybin all that I type into the terminal window?



On 30/8/04 5:24 pm, "AJ Hawks" <ahawks@terrasoftsolutions.com> wrote:

> - 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
>> 
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