> > ## yaboot.conf generated by yabootconfig 1.0.4 > > ## > > ## run: "man yaboot.conf" for details. Do not make changes until you > > have!! > > ## see also: /usr/share/doc/yaboot/examples for example configurations. > > ## > > ## For a dual-boot menu, add one or more of: > > ## bsd=/dev/hdaX, macos=/dev/hdaY, macosx=/dev/hdaZ > > > > boot=/dev/hda6 > > ofboot=hd:6 > ^^^^^^^^^^^ According to man yaboot.conf, this should no longer be used. > > device=hd: > > partition=8 > > root=/dev/hda8 > > delay=10 > > timeout=20 > > install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot > > magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot > > hide > ^^^^ I wonder why you are using this. If you are mounting the > bootstrap partition in MacOS, it will always de-bless it and that > would explain your problem. > > > > defaultos=macos > > #defaultos=linux > > > > nonvram > ^^^^^^^ You would normally not want this, it disables ybin from > automatically setting the OF path. > > > > image=/vmlinux > > label=Linux > > read-only > > > > macos=hd:11 > ^^^^^^^^^^^ It may not make a difference, but this global option > should appear above the image= line. > > Also, I thought you mentioned macos was on your slave drive. So that > should not be hd: > > hd -> internal ide master > ultra1 -> internal ide slave > ide0 -> secondary controller master > ide1 -> secondary controller slave > > You can also use the Linux-style pathname here instead.
I think I didn't explain it very well :) I have 2 drives that concern this problem, let's call them hda and hdb. I have 5 partitions on hda (Bootstrap, swap, root, home and macos) and one partition on the hdb (macos). If I work with hda, I have no problems: I can boot to the mac and/or linux with the yaboot.conf I sent, no problems at all. BUT, when I'm running mac from hda and I select the system folder on hdb as the startup folder, and reboot the system, there is where the show begins. When I select hda again as my startup drive, it boots directly to mac os without showing the debian menu. I have then to startup from the debian cd and re-bless the bootstrap partition. And to answer your question, I'm not mounting the bootstrap partition on the mac side, either on hda or hdb.
