Subject: Re: How do I get bootloader to boot
From: Gavin Hemphill (hemphill@drea.dnd.ca)
Date: Thu Sep 06 2001 - 04:23:10 MDT
Hold down the option key at boot time - you should be able to select the
icon with the penguin in it and boot into linuxppc- run ybin as root and
things should be back to normal.
G++
Huazhi Menchaca wrote:
> I installed YellowDog Linux on my PB G4 Titanium and
> everything seems fine (except for the screen
> resolution which seems to be in 256 colors).
>
> Anyhow, when I rebooted into Mac OS 9, I set startup
> disk to Mac OS X. After I rebooted one time, I never
> saw Linux again...
>
> I cannot find any useful information on the YDL
> website. It seems rather sparse. I notice though
> some HTML files on the Mandrake Linux CD mentioned
> this activating OpenFirmware (CMD-OPT-O-F at bootup)
> and then typing some command. What would that command
> be to get the boot loader to work.
>
> Also, it would be nice to have a Mac GUI partitioner
> utility and also at the very least a Mac GUI boot
> selector in case the bootloader goes bye-bye...
>
> - Joaquin
>
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