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Re: Boot option help for a Windows user



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/

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