Because 1, yaboot will boot without needing a key to be held down 2,
it's configurable, and 3, you still need a bootloader to boot the Linux
kernel and I don't believe (fairly confidently) that OF will go that
far, but only recognize the bootstrap partitions. The Linux icon will
boot the (main) bootstrap partition and the OSX icon will boot OSX's
bootstrap partition directly. Otherwise, the machine will boot the first
bootstrap partition it encounters (which is why the Gentoo docs have you
reorder the partitions, making the linux bootstrap hda2 instead of say
hda12).
I don't know how clueful the employees are when it comes to Linux on the
hardware, but they can, and will sell you the machine. As for my idea of
booting a LiveCD in-store, I've never tried it myself. That was just an
idea I thought of while writing the e-mail. It won't effect the
computer's solid-state components in any way, and will leave no residue.
On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 15:32, Kevin wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 17:15, Bryce C wrote:
> > Yes, possible and exactly what I do. yaboot is setup to give me Linux,
> > OSX, CDROM, and OpenFirmware boot options. I'm fairly confident that a
> ---------
> I'm learning a lot from this thread. Why use yaboot, if OpenFirmware
> will display boot options at startup? Is that so you can get additional
> boot options like picking a custom/test kernel at boot?
> ---------
> > PB will run Linux superbly from what I've heard. I recommend taking a
> > PPC livecd (i.e. Gentoo PPC LiveCD) to the Apple store (4mi for me,
> > dangerously close) and try booting the desired computer from it. If the
> > CD boots, then it does/will work. (Hold down 'c' as the computer boots
> > to boot from the cd)
> ---------
> I like that idea. So, are the folks at the Apple store clueful? Will
> they understand that booting from a LiveCD will not harm the machine?
> Or, will they freak out?
> ---------
> > MOL is not an emulator in any way. It is a virtual machine that boots
> > any other partition on your mac in another window, or straight on the
> > terminal using DGA I believe.
> ---------
> Got it. So this comes back to my earlier question in this thread. How
> do I re-size (or completely re-partition) a brand new Powerbook?
> ---------
>
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