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 <carneykj@reading-recovery.org> 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.