Hello,thank you for posting that up Hans,worked like a charm. Thanks again :), Derek
On 12/6/05, Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 10:15:48AM +0000, David Pead wrote: > I have not done this recently, so some parts might be wrong. I > addition to that, I don't have access to bootX right now, so this is > from my memory only :-) > > I think you cannot boot into your installed system with the kernel > used to install it. Instead you should boot with the kernel that was > installed during the installation. However that kernel resides on a > linux partion now available for BootX. You must somehow copy it, and > the it's companion initrd.img to the MacOS partion where BootX > resides. > > So restart the installation, press ctrl-alt-F2 and <enter> to get a > shell. Mount the MacOS-partition where BootX resides. copy > /boot/vmlinux (or possibly vmlinux.gz) and /boot/initrd.img to the > folder were BootX looks for kernels (might be something like "System > Folder/Linux kernels/") > > Then umount the MacOS-partition and reboot into MacOS and start BootX. > > There is a checkbox for the initrd or "ramdisk", named something like > "use specified file for ramdisk..." chose initrd.img > > Assure yourself that vmlinux (or vmlinux.gz, don't remember) and > initrd.img are the new ones and not the ones that will start the > installation. > > the root device should be /dev/ram, but I think that's all. > > > I'll take you up on your offer of a Quik walkthrough, if you please. > > No, as Simon pointed out, there is known, unsolved problems with quik > and (some of?) the beige G3:s. Focus on BootX for now. > > -- > Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Q. What is that strange attachment in this mail? > A. My digital signature, see www.gnupg.org for info on how you could > use it to ensure that this mail is from me and has not been > altered on the way to you. > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFDlXK4fCyHKnBQYU4RAoBYAKDTUdOq2jR488ra9nr6AfOLaSBDTgCgm+k9 > lwF8SAsziVL5EhQ1wIjo/1U= > =dGC/ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >
