Re: linux no longer bootable after mac os upgrade
On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 05:24:34PM -0700, Ric Otte wrote:
> I recently managed to get linux installed on my titanium powerbook,
> (it took me several days, because I had problems with some kernel
> options and X). It is a dual boot machine, and things were working
> fine until my kid updated the mac osx software (by clicking the
> automatic software update function). The problem is that now I no
> longer get the choice of linux or mac at boot time; the machine
> automatically boots into the mac operating system. I believe the
> Linux operating system is still there (the mac partition is still
> small), but I don't know how to get access to it. I assume if i ran
> ybin again, it would set things right.
>
> So, is there any way to reset the way this machine boots, or do I have
> to reinstall from scratch and put my kid up for adoption?
Hold down Cmd-Opt-O-F while the system boots, then at the OpenFirmware
prompt type 'boot hd:9,\\yaboot' (assuming that yaboot is installed on
/dev/hda9; if not, adjust as appropriate). Then boot into Linux as usual
and run ybin.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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