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Re: Boot option help for a Windows user



On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 03:41:31PM -0500, Iain M. Guthrie wrote:
> To Whom It May Concern,
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> As an i386 (Windows, DOS, UNIX, etc.) user I have an accute understanding of how to boot multiple operating systems from programs such as lilo, bootmagic, etc. However, I am about a month or so into my first forray into the world of PPCs,  Mac Operating Systems, and Linux, and I have a question.
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> Setup: Powerbook G4, running Mac OS 9, Mac OS X -Jaguar, Mac OS X - Panther, and Linux Mandrake 9.1.
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> I discovered that the yaboot setup in Linux only gave me 3 (uneditable) options: darwin, macos, and macosx. So, I chose to load Mac OS 9 from the darwin line (darwin=hd:15), Jaguar from the macos line (macos=hd:13), and Panther from the macosx line (macosx=hd:11).
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> Questions:
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> (1) Are these the only options? What if I decide to add another partition and load Tiger into it once it's released?

yup, those are the only options

> (2) Why can't I label the partitions in a less generic manner (i.e. Mac_OS_9=hd:15, Jaguar=hd:13, Panther=hd:11, etc.)

because thats a 2.0 feature.  2.0 is a ways away (because nobody will help).

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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