On Friday 01 June 2001 06:36 pm, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 01:23:56AM +0200, sisi wrote: > > > I heard it had something to do with open firmware, but I just recently > > > got this mac and was a PC guru for years. I need some help. > > > > you're right, it's an OF issue. if you are a pc guru then you'll know > > about compaqs. mac likes to play similar games. i still have a dual boot > > with bootX on my mac. if the yaboot installation from within suse failed, > > then maybe you can use bootX. > > no you cannot, he has an iMac, which is newworld, you must not use > bootx on newworlds. >
Perhaps BootX is needed on a model specific basis. I have used BootX on my iMac Rev. A for the last year for dual booting and it's worked great. Is there a reason I shouldn't be using it? Or is it the case that it just doesn't work on later models?
