On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 07:26:49PM -0500, Peter R. Wood wrote: > Ok, I tried with this setup, but it seems that whenever I installed OSX it > fscked up my linux partition and I couldn't get back into Linux. Is there a > certain order you have to do it in? I.E. do I need to boot off a MacOS CD > and reformat using Drive Setup, then add the partitions with that, install > linux, then install OSX, or do I do the partitioning in Linux, or what?
It shouldn't mess up your linux partition. It probably will overwrite the boot-device in Open Firmware. You can fix that by doing the following: Boot with Apple+Option+O+F Type: setenv boot-device hd:n,\\:tbxi Where n is the partition number your boot strap is on. If you don't know what it is you can find out by doing the following in OSX. Bring up a terminal window (Terminal application). Type the following: sudo pdisk /dev/disk0 -dump When it asks for the password enter your Administrator password. You'll get a list of your partitions. Look for one who's type is Apple_Bootstrap. The number to the left is the number you need to replace n with above. Hopefully it should work then. If it doesn't and it really did hose your linux partitions then you should install in this order. OS9, OSX, Linux. Once you're back into linux you'll need to edit yaboot.conf to include macosx. You'll need lines like so: macos=/dev/hda9 macosx=/dev/hda10 The 9 and 10 above are not the version numbers, but are the parition numbers. You should be able to see the name of the drives as you've named them under MacOS 9/X so you can figure out which is which via (as root under linux): pdisk -l /dev/hda Once you've edited yaboot.conf just run (as root again): /sbin/ybin -v That will regenerate the bootstrap based upon /etc/yaboot.conf. And from there you should be set. Just whatever you do do *NOT* use the Startup Control Panel under MacOS 9/X to change what you want to boot. Just reboot and use the menu that will come up when you boot. HTH P.S. please reply on list so that the conversation can be archived and is searchable for people who may be having these problems in the future. I suspect this issue will crop up again especially as Mac OS X becomes more and more common. -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? - Ghandi
