Hello again
I have been able to get linux to start by in 2 different ways.
The first way is to insert CD 1 of the yellowdog linux 4 CDs and hold the
"C" key until the machine boots from the CD. The installer appears with all
the usual installation options as well as the two yaboot linux startup
options I made. I get into linux fine through here by just selecting the
linux starup option I had set as default (2.6.10-1.ydl.1 kernel).
The second ways is by following the instructions at this web site:
http://penguinppc.org/bootloaders/yaboot/doc/yaboot-howto.shtml/ch9.en.shtml
under the title "9.2 Loading Yaboot". I strt my machine and hold the
Command-Option-o-f keys and the open firmware screen appears at the prompt I
enter:
0 > boot hd:2,yaboot
and yellowdog linux starts.
BUT I dont want to have to do this everytime to use linux, I had yaboot set
up and now it is gone. Is there anything I can do to get yaboot running
again so I can choose which OS to boot each time I start up?
Thanks for reading.
From: "steve s" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Yellow Dog Linux Newbie List
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To: [email protected]
Subject: Machine boots directly into Mac OS X with no yaboot boot menu
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:28:39 +1000
Hey,
I cant start yellowdog linux on my machine anymore, I have no choice and
the yaboot menu that usually comes up when I start my machine doesn't even
appear. It was working fine last night.
I think what triggered this is the fact that this morning I decided to
update Mac OS X from 10.3.8 to 10.3.9 and downloaded the update file from
apple. When the download was complete I tried to run the update and got an
error -39. I tried again to update with no success and just deleted the
update file. After that I tried to reboot and noticed that the yaboot menu
didnt appear and Mac OS X loaded straightaway. I shutdown and started the
machine and it happened again every time I tried. I need to get to
yellowdog linux because my portfolio and other files are saved there.
Here are the details of my machine.
powermac g4 500mhz AGP (I think)
896 Mb RAM
disk0 yellowdog linux
disk1 Mac OS X
Thanks in advance.
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