[Techtalk] Dual Booting YDL on an iBook

[Betty Johnson]

Hi Beth

I am gonna preface this with, I have Mandrake 9.1PPC dual-booting with Mac 
OS X (same version as you) on Powerbook Titanium G4. This is what I had 
to do to be able to boot both Linux and Mac OS. Hope this helps.

When you reboot the machine, before you hear the chime, press 
Option-Apple-O-F (all four keys together), and hold it till the screen 
turns white.  Then you'll be in Open Firmware.

Type: printenv boot-device

This should give you some really long archaic string (it's the PCI id for 
the drive and partition to boot OS X).  

To change it, use:
setenv boot-device hd:10,\\:tbxi
printenv boot-device

Make sure it's set properly.  If it is, type:
shut-down

And it will power the machine off.  Turn it on, then you should get the
yaboot screen.

On May 14, 2003 11:38 am, Beth Johnson wrote:
> Hi Guys and Gals,
>
> I have an iBook running OS 10.2.6 right now, that I'd like to install
> Yellow Dog Linux 2.3 on and have as a dual-boot with the OSX. Can
> someone tell me how to dual-boot this sucker? GRUB and LILO on x86 I
> can do, but I'm not familiar with PPC booting other than booting from
> CD or getting to the boot options screen with the Options button.
>
> Specifics are:
>
> 466 MHz PPC G3
> 320 MB RAM
> 14 GB hard drive
>
> I actually already have YDL installed on a partition, but obviously
> didn't select the correct place to put the bootloader. I need
> confirmation that if I select the first sector of the first partition
> (or Mac equivalent) that I'll still be able to boot the Mac to OSX or
> wipe the disk if anything drastic occurs.
>
> So what do I need to tell the installer for boot options?
>
> regards,
> Beth

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Betty Johnson