> The first stumbling block I have run into is it came with mac os x jaguar
> installed, with 9.2 in a sepirate partion. This powebook boots into os x,
> from there when I launch bootX it launches 9.2 to run bootX, I set it up
> (which is the best video driver for a powerbook wallstreet?) once configured
> I select linux and it shuts down the 9.2 but does not reboot the system. Only
> returns me to os x. I have thought about just formatting the drive with
> disktools however untill I am certain I can boot from cd and initiate the
> install process i am leary of ending up with no os and no way to acess
> somthing like bootX
> What is the procedure for directing a powerbook wallstreet to boot from cd?
The Wallstreet can not directly boot anything but MacOS from CD (because it
is a so called "Old World" machine), you have to use BootX. BootX doesn't
work in the Classic environment of Mac OS X (as you have seen), you need to
be booted directly into 9.2. Choose "System Preferences" from the apple
menu, then "Startup Disk", select the 9.2 partition and click "Restart".
As far as I remember (it's been some time since I last booted Linux on my
Wallstreet) the right video driver is atyfb. You might need some special
vmode argument, there is a note about it at the bottom of some documentation
file on the install CD.
You might like to read what I wrote to the list when I installed Mandrake on
my Wallstreet, starting at
http://www.mandrake.com/en/archives/cooker-ppc/2002-02/
-Christian
