Re: Yaboot won't boot OS X with Ubuntu/OS X dual boot Power Mac G5.
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 09:06:08AM +0100, Brian Durant wrote :
> OK, now I have gotten Ubuntu installed and running on my Power Mac
> G5. However, I have run into a problem with Yaboot and OS X. Yaboot
> simply can't load OS X. it tries, and the screen flickers, but
> nothing happens. After three tries, it says something like "booting
> Mac OS X..." and nothing works, so I have to do a hard shutdown and
> then unplug my #1 drive, which is where Ubuntu PPC is installed..
>
> Any ideas will be appreciated.
Well, the debian-installer works, provided that you upgrade yaboot to
the one from the unstable distribution. So if you do not have important
data on your ubuntu, you could install a debian sarge instead. This is
what I have at home and booting osX was not a problem.
I have documented how I installed sarge on my mac on the following
installation report.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=340980
Also, if you are lucky, you might find a working yaboot.conf in the
debian bugs or the list archives.
Lastly, here is the debian installation manual, which might contain
useful stuff related to your problem.
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/index
(By the way, I have no macintosh background, but I wonder wether
pressing the option after reset would start another boot selector which
is not yaboot...)
Best, and good luck !
--
Charles
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