Hello, I have MacOS 9.2.2/X 10.1.5 running on one partition and Linux 7.0 with the 2.4.2 kernel (from 7.1) on the other. I have also a 128 MB partition for swap and 32 MB for Linux boot. After I have installed Linux and restarted, only MacOS booted. Choosing "Linux boot" as a startup disk booted Linux, but entered directly Yast 2 and from within that utility I was able to start the installed system. This was a bit cumbersome. Solution: - I edited the yaboot.conf file on the "Linux boot" partition so that the default configuration is not Install (as a matter of fact I have removed completely that comfiguration) but linux, I removed the comment from the root line and set it to point to my root partition:
>>>> original yaboot.conf>>>>>>>>>>>> default = install timeout = 50
image = vmlinux label = install append = "ramdisk_size=64000 load_ramdisk=1" initrd = ramdisk.image.gz root = /dev/fd0 # your own kernel on the linux side, could look like this #image = ultra0:11,/boot/vmlinux image = vmlinux label = linux # add ide0=noautotune to the append line if your IDE drive doesn't work # for valid vmodes look at the manual page of nvvideo `man nvvideo` # append = "video=aty128fb:vmode:13,cmode:16" # you want to set the valid root device for your system # root = /dev/hda11 <<<<<<<<< original yaboot.conf <<<<<<<<<<<<<
>>> edited yaboot.conf >>>>>>>>>>>>>> timeout = 50 default = linux-2.2.16 # 2.2.16 image = hd:12,/boot/vmlinux label = linux-2.2.16 root = /dev/hda12 append = "load_ramdisk=1 " # 2.4.2 image = hd:12,/boot/vmlinux-2.4 label = linux-2.4.2 root = /dev/hda12 append = "load_ramdisk=1 " # 2.4.2 installation image=vmlinux-2.4 label=install-2.4.2 initrd=ramdisk.image.deflt.gz root=0200 append="load_ramdisk=1 ramdisk_size=128000 fake_initrd " <<<<<<<<< edited yaboot.conf <<<<<<<<<<<<<
>> fragment from os-chooser (or MAC OS ROM) file <BOOT-SCRIPT> " get-key-map" " keyboard" open-dev $call-method dup 20 dump 5 + c@ 08 = if " screen" output " Booting Yaboot ..." cr " boot hd:10,\yaboot" eval else " Booting MacOS ..." cr " boot hd:9,\:tbxi" eval
My root partition happens to be hda12. In the edited yaboot.conf I have the possibilities to run either the origial or the 7.1's kernel. I have also edited (on the Linux side) /etc/lilo and run lilo (I'm not sure if it was necessary, though. I'm writing this while runing MacOS X, so I can't include the contents of my lilo.conf file at the moment). The next problem I had to overcome was that during the boot the list of choices from from the yaboot.conf was not displayed after hitting the TAB kay. The solution was to add `" screen" output` line before the line indicating yaboot in the os-chooser (currently this file is named "MAC OS ROM", so that 9.2.2 and X see the "Linux boot" partition as one of the possible startup disks). (NOTE! Don't add the "screen" output line before the indicating MacOS boot, the result is very strange and a bit unhealthy for the display system, I think). then </BOOT-SCRIPT> <<<<<<<< fragment from os-chooser (or MAC OS ROM) file os-chooser was made bootable (by means of a script in the tools folder) and renamed to MAC OS ROM. MacOS starts by default, Linux if spacebar is pressed. Finally, my HW is iMac DV SE (summer 2000), 640 MB RAM, 30GB HD. Hope this info will help. Mariusz On donderdag, juli 18, 2002, at 04:56 , <crystalclimb@yahoo.com> wrote: How do you have the two setup on your mac ? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com