On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 01:23:56AM +0200, sisi wrote: > > I heard it had something to do with open firmware, but I just recently got > > this mac and was a PC guru for years. I need some help. > > you're right, it's an OF issue. if you are a pc guru then you'll know about > compaqs. mac likes to play similar games. i still have a dual boot with bootX > on my mac. if the yaboot installation from within suse failed, then maybe you > can use bootX. no you cannot, he has an iMac, which is newworld, you must not use bootx on newworlds. > as far as i could find out the only way to see the OF settings is with a certain > kind of monitor, which is very obscure. except that now i have linux on my mac, that is not true on newworlds. > i can see the OF settings. and i think you can see the OF settings within macOS, > but i deleated macOS before i realised... but you have a new world, and i have > an old world. i don't understand actually. maybe there is less support from suse > than from debian. someone more experienced can tell you more though, but this has > been discussed quite recently on this list, have you looked at the archives? this is all very easy with ybin, it correctly sets up teh Apple_Bootstrap partition and sets it as the default boot-device. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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