On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 11:43:40PM -0400, Brian Sammon wrote: > > > 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=3Dhd:15), Jaguar from the macos line = > > (macos=3Dhd:13), and Panther from the macosx line (macosx=3Dhd:11). > > > > =20 > > > > Questions: > > > > (1) Are these the only options? What if I decide to add another = > > partition and load Tiger into it once it's released? > > > > (2) Why can't I label the partitions in a less generic manner (i.e. = > > Mac_OS_9=3Dhd:15, Jaguar=3Dhd:13, Panther=3Dhd:11, etc.) > > I think it is possible, after running ybin, to mount your bootstrap partition > (HFS filesystem, not HFS+) and edit the ofboot.b file. > It helps to have a good knowledge of forth and OpenFirmware, but you can get > by with trial and error and knowing how to boot manually if yaboot breaks. > Take a look and see if you can figure out what's going on there. you should never ever mount the bootstrap partition. if you want a custom ofboot.b specify it with the magicboot= parameter in yaboot.conf. ybin will detect whether its the autogenerate version or whether it should just use it outright. if you use a custom script all the dualboot options in yaboot.conf will be ignored though. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
Attachment:
pgp00002.pgp
Description: PGP signature