On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 10:45:14AM -0700, Arrigo Benedetti wrote: > > I have two problems with yaboot/ybin on an iBook where I installed Debian > 2.2r3, Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X in separate disk partitions. I upgraded > to the latest ybin version. > > 1. After a reboot from Mac OS 9 I can't get into the open firmware menu > pressing the 'option' key during boot. What I have to do is press the > Command-Option-O-F combination, the 'boot hd:11,yaboot' from where I > boot linux. In linux I run ybin which reloads yboot so at the next boot > pressing the 'option' presents the three menu options. sounds like you ignored the documentation and created your bootstrap partition Apple_HFS instead of Apple_Bootstrap. you *MUST* make the bootstrap partition type Apple_Bootstrap. > 2. At some point I had a graphical menu for the selection of the OS to boot, > now the menu is text only. Why is that? yaboot and ybin do not support bloated unecessary GUI interfaces for choosing OSes. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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