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At 07:56 -0700 07/18/02,
How do you have the two setup on your mac ?
I don't and probably not going unless there are some people who have experience with it. Up till now I only want to use different part of KDE and that will be fine withou SuSE. -- Tink Bastian Sacramento, CA
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 ,
How do you have the two setup on your mac ?
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--- crystalclimb@yahoo.com wrote:
How do you have the two setup on your mac ?
Here is a very brief rundown on what I did to get my powerbook triple booted with OS9, OSX and SuSE 7.3. 1) boot macos 9 disk and create a partition for OS9 and OSX. I made the OS9 partition HFS and the OSX partition HFS+. Then leave the rest of the space unpartioned for linux. 2) Install macos 9 on the partition you made for it. Run the updates to get it to the most recent version of 9. 3) Install macos X on the other partition you created. 4) Boot the SuSE CD. Partition the remaining space how you want to for linux using the pdisk utility or however you want to do it. Install SuSE. You should then be able to get to OS9 by pressing the space bar when it tells you to. To get to linux do nothing. To get to OSX hold down the option key on boot and it will give you a choice of what to boot. Erik R. Jensen Open Source Advocate FSLC President http://www.fslc.usu.edu __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com
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:
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: How do you have the two setup on your mac ?
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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:
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: How do you have the two setup on your mac ?
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Peter, I join Peter Brechbuehl's description. Copy the Suse Boot map on your small Mac OS start partition for Linux (I don't remember if you have to run any tool after doing that) I didn't change the firmware. Only, after I was able to start the standard installed kernel, updated lilo, so installing newer kernels is more easy. Hope this helps. If not, carefully read the Suse manual. There is also a special mac linux 'startup' site on the web, I think from the author of bootX or yaboot, don't remember Jaap-Jan On vrijdag, juli 19, 2002, at 09:24 , peter brechbuehl wrote:
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:
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: 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:
>>>> 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 ,
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crystalclimb@yahoo.com
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Erik Jensen
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Jaap-Jan Boor
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Mariusz Musial
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peter brechbuehl
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Tink