hehe, happens to all of us :)
I'd read a guide on miBoot on Suse linux homepage and I just tried your
link but the one stage that messes me up is the 'blessing the system
folder' part. I copy the miboot files into a folder on an HFS partition
but cannot bless it..know of any blessing issues that might be mucking
things up?
Malik
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you
with experience.
On Sat, 7 Jul 2001, Stew Benedict wrote:
>
> /stew kicks self...
>
>
> Hmm, didn't even pay attetion to that. I would have to do some research
> to figure it out myself. www.imaclinux.net may have some stuff on it, but
> it's been down for a couple of weeks after an equipment move.
>
> A quick Google search on "miboot howto" yields this page that may be
> useful:
>
> http://lists.linuxppc.org/listarcs/linuxppc-user/200003/msg01388.html
>
> HTH
> Stew Benedict
>
> On Sat, 7 Jul 2001, Malik Gibbons Hansen wrote:
>
> > It seems that miBoot is included with the BootX version on the first
> > Mandrake iso...I do not know how to use it however as it has no
> > instructions provided :P
> >
> > Malik
> >
> > Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you
> > with experience.
> >
> > On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Stew Benedict wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > No it's not =(. If you come across a packaged version, or would care to
> > > package it, we'd be happy to include it though for others. I don't have an
> > > OldWorld machine to try it out on.
> > >
> > > Stew
> > >
> > > On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Malik Gibbons Hansen wrote:
> > >
> > > > yeah, I'm running 9.1 on an oldworld machine. I remember having some
> > > > issues with LinuxPPC when using BootX.
> > > >
> > > > is miboot included with the Mandrak 8.0 beta?
> > > >
> > > > Malik
> > > >
> > > > Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you
> > > > with experience.
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Stew Benedict wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > As far as I know BootX development has mostly stopped. Yaboot is the boot
> > > > > method of choice for NewWorld machines, as it does not require you to run
> > > > > MacOS before running Linux, whih can sometimes create problems on the
> > > > > Linux side. Are you running 9.1 on an OldWorld machine?
> > > > >
> > > > > I briefly played with quik when I first started with PPC, with little
> > > > > success, but hopefully I know a bit more about Open Firmware now ;^).
> > > > > There is also miboot.
> > > > >
> > > > > Stew Benedict
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Malik Gibbons Hansen wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I was just wondering if there was any effort at all to make BootX
> > > > > > compatible with OS 9.1? Was 9.1 really that different from 9.0? If not, I
> > > > > > heard about something called quik,
> > > > > > anyone got any experience with that?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Malik
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
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