Re: Triple booting OS 9,X Debian
On Wednesday 17 March 2004 04:48 pm, Derrik Pates wrote:
> dotto@uchicago.edu wrote:
> > Ok, I've tried this once before and wound up with a mess, but does
> > someone know how to get this configuration working. I have OS9 installed
> > from my Titanium software restore disk onto a Panther OS X (They are on
> > the same partition, because the OS9 installer said I needed OS X
> > installed on the HD I put OS 9 onto). I have tried to change the startup
> > from OSX, and it couldn't seem to find the OS 9 system folder. When I try
> > to edit yaboot.conf to do this, with macos=/dev/hda12 (Again, same
> > partition as OSX), it boots into OSX. If I hold down option on startup, I
> > only have the options of booting linux or OS X, I know I definitely used
> > to be able to boot into OSX or 9, so how do I get this working again.
> > Anyone?
>
> This will _not_ work the way you're trying to do it. Only one System
> folder (either OS 9's or OS X's) can be blessed on one partition at a
> time. If you try to boot OS 9.x when the OS X system folder is blessed,
> or OS X while the OS 9 system folder is blessed, you'll probably end up
> with the system hanging after it loads BootX (for OS X) or the MacOS
> Toolbox ROM image (for OS 9). If you can separate the partitions, you
> can triple boot (I've done it before, on a G3 tower and an older round
> iBook). However, having OS 9 and OS X on a single partition _will not_
> work without booting into whichever is blessed and using the Startup
> Disk control panel to bless the appropriate system folder.
>
> --
> Derrik Pates
> dpates@dsdk12.net
Well, it will work because I've done it before. :)
Just put "brokenosx" in your yaboot.conf file (apparently it doesn't really
matter where) and run ybin again. I don't know why the author of yaboot calls
it "broken" because apparently it's required (from what I've heard) to boot
OS X on an HFS+ partition. In my experience, running OS X on UFS is by far
the more broken of the two options. Many apps simply won't run. But whatever.
This option tells yaboot to ignore the normal System folder blessing rules and
just load OS X directly when you select the x option in the boot menu. That
way, the OS 9 System folder can remain blessed (and selecting m in the boot
menu boots it), but you can still boot OS X too. So I think then, to get this
working, you need to select the OS 9 System folder in the Startup Disk
control panel. I don't know about the "system hanging after it loads BootX,"
it certainly never did on my TiBook I 500. I'd suggest giving this a try, it
worked for me.
Wes Morgan
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