On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 03:13:39PM -0800, vinai wrote: > On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Clive Menzies wrote: > > > Thanks for this. It raises a couple of questions: > > 1. In the yaboot HOWTO it recommends re-ordering the Apple_bootstrap > > partition to 2 - yours is on 9 and presumably works OK. Why the > > recommendation? > > I believe Ethan recommended to do it this way because if you ever did a > PRAM reset, OF would start looking for bootable partitions. Putting the > Apple_bootstrap partition at #2 means it would be the first bootable > partition OF encountered, and would boot your machine from it.
Right. I just added this to the HOWTO, it's FAQ. > > 2. You say that the MacOS partition needs to be installed physically > > after Linux - would reordering the partitions have the same effect? I > > guess it would involve editing yaboot.conf and /etc/fstab files. Is > > this to be recommended? OpenFirmware pays attention to logical placement, not physical placement. Did you already post your yaboot.conf and /etc/fstab? -- "The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what we should do with software engineers. They put the designer under the bridge, and then they marched over it." -- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003
