How to boot from firewire-disk

[Carsten Boehlke]

Oh sorry. Here the details.
Yes, I have installed YDL 4.1 with the command "install firewire" The  
firewire-device was shown as "sda" (the internal harddisk as hda).  
During the first reboot i hold the option key an get the "menu" with  
the disksymbols but only the osx device was displayed, not the  
firewire-disk... no tux:-(

Thanks,

Carsten.


Am 27.03.2006 um 04:19 schrieb Derick Centeno:

> A bit of information appears to be missing.  Do you mean to state  
> that you attempted to install YDL 4.1 onto an external firewire  
> drive connected to a Mac mini?
> Question:  Did you install YDL 4.1 onto the firewire drive using  
> the first install CD?  Did you use the command, when you were  
> prompted for an input: install firewire?  This command installs a  
> kernel specifically for use where YDL will be booted from firewire  
> drives.  No question mark included, of course.
>
> I am unfamiliar with the menu you are speaking of.
>
> I am familiar however with a series of disk icons which appear  
> after the option key is depressed just before the Mac boots up.  If  
> there is a bootable drive present a symbol of the OS it uses will  
> appear.  YDL will have the symbol of the famous Linux tux (the  
> penguin) appear sitting along the lower right side of the disk.   
> After YDL has been installed properly onto the firewire drive; the  
> firewire symbol will appear together with the tux.
>
> On Mar 26, 2006, at 3:55 PM, Carsten Boehlke wrote:
>
>> Hello list.
>>
>> I have installed Yellow Dog 4.1 on a firewire hdd without problems  
>> (on a mac mini). After the first boot I held the "option key" for  
>> boot menu but there was no firewire disk in the menu.
>> Where is my fault?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Carsten.
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