Re: Two questions
On Friday 01 June 2001 06:36 pm, Ethan Benson wrote:
> 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.
>
Perhaps BootX is needed on a model specific basis. I have used BootX on my
iMac Rev. A for the last year for dual booting and it's worked great. Is
there a reason I shouldn't be using it? Or is it the case that it just
doesn't work on later models?
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