Hello Peter! I can feel with you, reinstalling since 2 years at least 10 times linux, still not having a possibility to make backups.... Ok, how I solved the problem with direct booting: - I took the suseboot-file from the CD SuSe-Linux 7.0 - Putted it into a partition called "Linux boot" - Replaced the Kernel "vmlinux" with that one of CD SuSe-Linux 7.3 - Gave it the name "vmlinux" - modified the file suseboot on partitioin "Linux boot" like it is described in the german book "SuSe Linux 7.3, PowerPC Edition-das Handbuch" from page 111 - I didn't change the OpenFirmware. - Just mark yaboot bootable. suseboot looks exactly like this: - BootX Extension - BootX App - Finder - os-chooser (as SimpleText File) - System - tools (with MacGzip, mark os-chooser bootable, mark yaboot bootable, pdisk) - vmlinux - yaboot - yaboot.conf (as SimpleText File) - yaboot.debug With this configuration, my Computers (both Cube and PB3 FireWire) start up with Linux. To start the MacOS I have to press down the alt key. I hope, it will help you! Peter, Berne, Switzerland Am Freitag den, 19. Juli 2002, um 08:08, schrieb Peter Haas:

Hello,

I`ve got a further question: Can you boot linux from your HD, if yes, how did you set it up

- just the simple installation? -konfiguring with LiLo with Linux? -konfiguring with special Scripts with MacOS? -konfiguring in the OpenFimware? I`m nearly fed up with reinstalling, and I am not content with just booting from CD.

Peter

Am Donnerstag den, 18. Juli 2002, um 20:58, schrieb Jaap-Jan Boor:

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Hi,

I have running OS 9/OS X and Suse 7.1 ppc running, all on 1 HD.

1 big HFS+ partition with both OS 9 and OS X, 1 small HFS boot partition to boot Linux, 1 larger ext2 partition, and a swap

I uses yaboot to select with space bar the 'current' active Mac OS, otherwis it boots linux

this works on a new-world slot loading iMac

Jaap-Jan

On donderdag, juli 18, 2002, at 04:56 , wrote:

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How do you have the two setup on your mac ?

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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:

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>>>> 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 <<<<<<<<<<<<<

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>>> 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 <<<<<<<<<<<<<

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>> 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 , 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