On Wed Aug 15, 2001 at 12:46:17PM -0400, Stew Benedict wrote:
> > > > > boot hd:11,\\yaboot straight to yaboot
> > > >
> > > > This worked. But only shows linux and failsafe as possible boot
> > > > options. Is that normal?
> > > >
> > > Yes, normal for yaboot. ofboot.b does not seem to want to work on your
> > > machine, which is also related to the CD boot issue.
> >
> > I'm going to try the install again but this time use the
> > recommended/newbie install and let it auto-allocate
> > partitions... maybe that will help.
> >
>
> Don't think that's going to make any difference Vincent, as yaboot appears
> to be in the bootstrap. There is something wrong with the ofboot.b file,
> at least in terms of your particular hardware and/or machine series.
Yeah, it didn't make a difference. FYI it's an iMac Indigo 500 if
that helps any.
> There are newer versions of yaboot also - but I've heard of issues with
> them and certain machines too.
>
> You might also try holding down the "Option" key at boot and see if the
> graphical boot options appear. This worked with an iMac DV I borrowed when
> I reworked the bootloader scheme before, but I couldn't do an install on
> the machine, as it is a dealer's demo unit.
I'll give that a shot. Well, it gives something... shows a harddrive
icon with an X in a circle on it... when I click the arrow that is
showing, it just boots MacOS/X anyways... doesn't seem to show any
other options.
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