On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 02:56:21AM +0000, Martin Schaffner wrote: > > Hi, > > I currently try to boot a GNU/Linux installation on a HFS+ partition > where Mac OS X is also installed, using tricks similar to these: > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/ > lfs_next_to_existing_systems.txt > > With only one partition: > * Free disk space would not be fragmented because of partitioning > * To install GNU/Linux on a new Mac, its hard disk wouldn't have to be > partitioned and all software re-installed > * Installation and removal of GNU/Linux would be very Mac-like: To > install, just copy a directory from a disk image, to remove, delete it. > > I managed to create a yaboot boot folder on the HFS+ directory, using > the procedure described below the line. > > However, I can't get yaboot to load a kernel from a HFS+ partition. > yaboot.conf says: > [...] /boot should never be an HFS filesystem. [...] because its inherently unreliable. macos won't tolerate other OSes. > Why? Is there something that can be done? Will yaboot 2 support this? no. you can do whatever you want, but this configuration will NEVER be supported, and no help given. yaboot will make this abundently clear by telling you this. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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