Re: Why it's so difficult to fix PowerMac booting for good
Hello Ben,
On 5/31/23 10:55 PM, Ben Westover wrote:
> On 5/31/23 10:20 AM, Ben Westover wrote:
>> ... instead of trying to integrate chainloading functionality
>> into GRUB itself, we could just set a similar script to run before GRUB
>> that allows you to make that selection.
>
> I have just tested this concept. I wiped my iMac G3, installed OS X and
> Debian, and put a modified version of yaboot's stage 1 script in the
> bootstrap partition and blessed it. Now I am greeted with a screen that
> asks me if I'd like to boot into Linux, OS X, or whatever's in the CD
> drive, and all of the options work, the Linux one loading right into
> GRUB. If I don't select an option after a bit it defaults to GRUB.
>
> This combines the convenience of yaboot with the versatility of GRUB,
> and only requires a single (relatively) human readable and editable
> file. The script is attached; the only change you should have to make is
> of the partition numbers, as it currently assumes /boot/grub is on
> partition 2 and OS X is on partition 3.
>
> --
> Ben Westover
Would this solution allow both PowerPC and Intel Macs to boot Mac OS?
Whichever solution is used would need to be supported by the GRUB
developers or Debian (perhaps through a GRUB patch or a separate package?).
-Stan
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