Stew,
Alright...I'll tell you exactly what I did
I have one HD. I booted from an OS9 install CD. I ran drive setup.
Initialized my HD with 2 partitions one MacOS Extended for my Mac Boot and
one unformatted for linux. I boot from the installer cd. I run the text
installer. I complete the text installer and it tells me to type in setenv
boot-device hd:10,\\:tbxi and that is what I typed into openfirmware. But
the machine still boots into macos by default doesn't go to yaboot. When I
open drive setup again it tells me that there are 4 partitions and
"partitions that are not recognized" I have a feeling that might be the
problem. Is there anything you could suggest doing...
--
Eric
On 2/21/02 6:18 AM, "Stew Benedict" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Eric Wickstrom wrote:
>
>> Alright i'm on a g4/733. I erased the drive and made two partitions....two
>> problems...i've got the geforce2mx and I cann't run any of the graphical
>> installs without garbage being sent to the screen...is there a problem there
>> or is there an option I'm not trying...secondly....after I run the text
>> based installer...i cannot get yaboot to load...I've messed with open
>> firmware and typed in exactly what the installer said to and it still won't
>> work....can anyone help me...i've been working on this for awhile
>> now....thanks...
>>
>
> In theory, riva should be the video option to use. In reality, it's
> untested, as I don't have access to the machines. Text based install is
> your fallback in that case.
>
> Can you give any information on your partition table setup, and
> specifically what you are trying to enter in Open Firmware?
>
> Assuming your bootstrap was on partition 6, just to pick a number, you
> ideally would use
>
> setenv boot-device hd:6,\\:tbxi
>
> To get the OS choice screen.
>
> You can also force a boot from OF:
>
> boot hd:6,\\:tbxi (OS choice)
> boot hd:6,\\yaboot (Linux)
>
> Substitute the "6" appropriately.
>
> You can also try holding down Alt or Option at boot (I forget which one,
> my machines don't have this), and see if you get a penguin icon to boot
> Linux.
>
> Stew Benedict
