Thanks, Kevin for the yaboot info. I agree on the latest distro SuSE is awesome, especially compared to YDL 2.1. I am using the config below on a Pismo g3. I switched the boot order, so it defaults to OSX instead of SuSE. It failed once, and I used Open firmware to reset-all Carney, Kevinwrote on1/22/02 1:52 PM
Question: does anyone use MacOS9.2 (Classic) + MacOSX + SuSE Linux on a G3?
Alain, On my powerbook I use yaboot/ybin to quintuple-boot between MacOS9/MacOSX/Suse7.3/YellowDogLinux2.1/NetBSD. You can get yaboot/ybin at http://www.penguinppc.org/projects/yaboot/ (they are distributed together now). It is quick and easy to install following the directions on the site (I installed from sources and it took only about a minute or two.) Suse also uses the yaboot bootloader, but uses lilo to generate a chrp-script ("boot-script," this lets you select between Linux and MacOS with the space bar at startup.) Ybin, however, generates a chrp-script that provides a simple dual/triple boot menu at startup, based on the options in the file /etc/yaboot.conf. Note, however, that booting this way is probably not covered by suse's installation support.
Here is a copy of my /etc/yaboot.conf, in case you decide to try this:
---start file--- # ybin options boot=/dev/hda11 macos=/dev/hda9 macosx=/dev/hda10 bsd=/dev/hda15 magicboot=/usr/local/lib/yaboot/ofboot delay=10 defaultos=macosx enablecdboot
# yaboot options init-message="\nWelcome to Linux\n\n" timeout=50 default=suse
# yaboot images image=/boot/vmlinux partition=13 label=suse root=/dev/hda13
image=/boot/vmlinux partition=14 label=yellowdog root=/dev/hda14
---end file---
!!! also remember to run the program "ybin" every time you edit yaboot.conf.
-Kevin Carney
p.s.-Great job SuSe!! Starting with this latest version, your distro is by far my favorite ppc distro. Thanks for continuing to support this platform.
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