> I have installed Mandrake Linux 8.0 on my imac and I can't get > in the boot menu. I have Boot rom version $0004.17f4 and rom > revision $77D.45F6. I have three hfs+ partitions (number > 9,10,11), an apple bootstrap partiton (number 12) and linux root > on partition no. 13. If I type this in the open firmware > > setenv boot-device hd:12,\\:tbxi <return> > shut-down <return> > > and restart the computer, a folder with a question mark appears > on the screen, then the question mark changes into a mac os > icon, happy mac appears and mac os starts loading. > > I also tried this (I don't know anything about the open > firmware, so I just tried typing combinations of commands that I > a saw in the installation tutorial): > > boot hd:12,\\:tbxi <return> > boot > > and something like this flashed on the screen: > > loading elf > ******** finished > > and then the mac os started anyway:(. I have done the exact same thing and had the same thing happening to me. No commands at Open Firmware seemed to help:-( And noone on this list could help :-(( when I asked. So I dont have any solution for you. Gunner Carstens
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