Bug#260333: PowerMac G3 (beige) installing kernel-image_powerpc_2.6.7-3 on sarge
On (27/07/04 19:51), Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Clive Menzies writes:
>
> > Having said that I couldn't boot into the installed system using
> > BootX but I was rather hoping to be able to use quik and didn't
> > spend any time on it.
>
> > Would you like to know what errors are encountered when trying to
> > boot from BootX?
>
> You need to manually transfer the newly installed kernel and the
> corresponding initrd to the "Linux Kernels" folder in the system
> folder of your Mac OS partition. Then when BootX comes up, tell it to
> use those two for booting. The kernel selection is obvious, the
> initrd selection is somewaht hidden behind the "More Options..."
> button.
Thanks Jens
I'll give that a whirl and confirm that it works OK ;)
> Only use quik if you are sure that you never want to use Mac OS in any
> way again. And that includes running firmware updaters and stuff like
> that, so think twice.
Once I know that quik works I intend to use the whole disk for sarge. I
guess I can always boot off a CD to update firmware etc. We've got
three of these machines and I'd like to wean the users off OS9 and OSX -
cold turkey is the way forward ;)
Regards
Clive
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