On 2/1/19 8:33 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > >> On Feb 1, 2019, at 4:25 PM, user...@yahoo.com wrote: >> >>> On 2/1/19 2:19 AM, Riccardo Mottola wrote: >>> Hi Adrian, >>> >>> John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >>>> So, again, unless there are really compelling arguments for using Yaboot >>>> or SILO except for personal preference, I do absolutely see no reason >>>> why I should carry the additional maintenance burden for it. >>> one reason is perhaps that on Macs GRUB is yet little used or tested? >> Well, grub doesn't work at all on some Power Macs (such as the PowerBook >> G3 Lombard), at least not the grub that is on the Debian 10/sid CD. So >> that's the biggest reason to use yaboot. I haven't tested grub on G4 or >> G5 systems. > If your particular G3 Lombard is one of the OldWorld ROM machines, Yaboot > won’t work on these either as these don’t use OpenFirmware. > > For old Macs, you have to use BootX anyway. > > Adrian
The Lombard is NewWorld, so yaboot works. Yes, BootX is needed for OldWorld systems.
