This advice is great, but how would I do this from OF? That's my problem. Because the install fails, I don't have a yaboot/ybin that completely works. I therefore cannot edit anything...I have at the moment only the option to boot into OF, then to yaboot for the install command.
Thanks for the help. I should have read the docs more carefully, to get this working ahead of time for both OSes. Russell On Tuesday 03 July 2001 22:40, you wrote: > > I would upgrade to the latest b-f (this is the second part), but I can't > > because I can't get back into the Mac OS. When I reboot, I reboot back > > into Linux, which I can't have on a permanent basis because this machine > > (an iMac Rev B) is at a school, and the kids need the Mac OS...So, how do > > I get back to the Mac OS? What setting in OF do I change? Then I'll > > upgrade to a later version of the b-f to see if that works... > > > > Thanks! > > > > Russell > > Set up your yaboot.conf to get a dual-boot system. > > The details are in > http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ybin/doc/yaboot-faq.html, here is the stuff > you want: > > --- 8>< faq-snip --- > > To enable dual booting of GNU/Linux and MacOS add "macos=hd:10" to > /etc/yaboot.conf where "hd:10" is the OF path to a MacOS boot partition. If > you want to boot MacOSX you can also add a "macosx=hd:11" line. You can > also use the unix device node for these options and ybin will automatically > find the OpenFirmware device path, example: "/dev/hda10". The default OS > that is booted is controlled by the "defaultos=" option, the default is > GNU/Linux. > > Remember you must run ybin after you change the yaboot.conf. > > *----------------------------------------------------------------* > > | .''`. | Debian GNU/Linux: <http://www.debian.org> | > | > | : :' : | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | > | > | `. `'` | . oo Chris Tillman | > | `- | ( -) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > *----------------"--"--------------------------------------------*
