Re: installing NETINST 20190127 on Mac mini G4
On 2/1/19 8:33 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
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>> On Feb 1, 2019, at 4:25 PM, userm57@yahoo.com wrote:
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>>> On 2/1/19 2:19 AM, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
>>> Hi Adrian,
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>>> John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>>>> So, again, unless there are really compelling arguments for using Yaboot
>>>> or SILO except for personal preference, I do absolutely see no reason
>>>> why I should carry the additional maintenance burden for it.
>>> one reason is perhaps that on Macs GRUB is yet little used or tested?
>> Well, grub doesn't work at all on some Power Macs (such as the PowerBook
>> G3 Lombard), at least not the grub that is on the Debian 10/sid CD. So
>> that's the biggest reason to use yaboot. I haven't tested grub on G4 or
>> G5 systems.
> If your particular G3 Lombard is one of the OldWorld ROM machines, Yaboot won’t work on these either as these don’t use OpenFirmware.
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> For old Macs, you have to use BootX anyway.
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> Adrian
The Lombard is NewWorld, so yaboot works. Yes, BootX is needed for
OldWorld systems.
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