aamedol wrote: > Against the warning of Bootx documents on new world macs: > Tried BootX with an image placed it in appropiate place, chose setup > in BootX pointed it to the .gz file. Strike the magic linux button and... > a click but just freezes my screen and goes nowhere. I have all the files > suggested (linux, bootargs, boot-floppy-hfs.img, driver-1.bin ect) and > in the right places. I assume os 9.0.4 has a lot to do with this as I've > read.
What kernel are you using? You want to make sure that you are using a new one, try BenH's precompiled kernels (http://ppclinux.apple.com/~benh) The ROM that gets installed with MacOS 9.0.4 makes BootX unreliable. > guess what I need to know is what to do to get my machine to give me > a choice of whether I should boot to macos (one its own partition) or > linux. > I know yaboot should be my hero :) But let's just say I'm not catching on > to something cause I simply lack the skillz atm :) Erm...what? It's not a question of not knowing how to use BootX, it's a question of BootX being unable to function properly. Check out the yaboot FAQ: http://www.linuxppc.org/ybin/doc/yaboot-faq.html HTH --Nelson Abramson
