Hi Norbert! * Norbert Lange-Schäfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> < > [2007-06-20]: > Hi Ennio. > After an apt-get dist-upgrade I could not dual-(tripple)-boot my ibook g3 > (Dual-USB late 2001 with 40 GB disk). > Even a total new install of macos, macx, debain-etch did'nt help; Ubuntu-PPC > did'nt help, changing the install-routine did'nt help ... > Always all three OS were on the disk, but I could only access macx and > linux. ybin was no help - though it reported no error and found the > macos-partition. My best guess: something with the "blessing" went wrong. > > My solution: (Dont ask me why it worked!) > Step 1: Installing all three os (1. repartitioning the disk with the > mac9.1-CDROM, then install macos, then install macx10.0.4, install last > linux) > Step 2: configure yaboot.conf for all three; run ybin -v: all three os were > found, but only macx and linux bootable > Step 3: Insert a USB-Stick > Step 4: Boot from mac9.1-CDROM > - the USB is shown on the desktop > Step 5: Try to install mac9.1 on the USB-Stick! > - some Error-messages came up - I didnt bother > Step 5: Reboot from disk: all three os were bootable! > > (N.B. Had to re-format the USB-Stick with cfdisk - small issue) > > Hope this helps a bit. > Another tip: > hattrib can change hfs-formated file attributes. Since I have hfsplus it was > no help for me. > Even mol works fine (beside some CDROM issues) > > Norbert >
Thank you for your message: I'll try your suggestions as soos as I can and will report the results. In the meantime, could you please tell me how you partitioned the HD? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ My MacOS 9.1 could only make 8 partitions, but I made 4 (First 70 GB reserved to linux, 2nd (HFS+) for MacOs9, 3rd (HFS) Xchange part., 4th (HFS+) for MacOSX (which, however, wouldn't install from OS9.1!). Then I divided the linux partition into 15 different linux partitions, except the first one reserved for Apple_Bootstrap. When I try to boot MacOS9 the OF says 'cannot open hda24' (the OS9 part.) If I boot MacOS9 from CD it doesn't see any partition and will only allow re-initialization (but if I choose to re-initialize, it shows all the partitins, although grayed out!). Ennio -- [Perche' usare Win$ozz (dico io) se ..."anche uno sciocco sa farlo. \\?// Fa' qualche cosa di cui non sei capace!" (diceva Henry Miller) ] (°|°) Ennio. (Please change . for .dot. and @ for .at. in my Reply-To) )=(