I run a TiPowerbook dual boot with two external firewire drives that are both bootable (full back ups). I went through the same hassle you describe with having to reset in order to "see"the Linux partition. i use ExtFSManager to access Linux from the OSX partition or external drives but I am very careful to not change my startup drive under OSX. Should I screw it up and have to reset so that Yaboot is the preferred bootloader I simply hold down the option key during a reboot or startup and choose the Linux drive in Open Firmware. All is well after that and I've never had to resort to this more than once to reset to yabbot. Hope this helps! Steve
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 11:09:57 -0800, Dean Loros wrote: > Well-when you booted from another device, you reset the open > firmware--You will most likely have to "resee" your Linux partition > everytime you use a drive other that the one you installed linux > on--I run four drives in my system & kept OSX & Linux on the same > drive--I have a extra OSX install on another drive as a backup--but > haven't tried to boot from it yet--I'm sure I'll have to re-set the > OF. > > Try booting from the install disc as per prior Emails---There are > several good sources for info in the web also--just Google for them-- > > On Mar 19, 2005, at 10:09 AM, Frederick C.Lee wrote: > >> I could reboot in all drives initially. >> But after running Panther (from an ext HD) for a few hours and then >> reboot, pressing the ALT key only revealed other OS X boot drives. >> The Linux is 'off the radar' once again. >> This is a royal pisser: having to re-initialize the damn Linux to >> reset everything. >> >> The OS X somehow takes control of what's inclusive in the 'boot >> club' and douches foreign drives. >> Now I have the ExtFSManager system control and it DOES see the Linux >> partitions on the other drive. They're all 'untitled' except for >> the swap drive which is labeled. >> >> I'll try the 'linux rescue' in a moment. >> >> But can't OS X play 'fair' and allow the Linux to be seen at start up? >> Or is it a hardware problem of some sort? >> >> Regards, >> >> Ric. >> >> On Mar 18, 2005, at 5:25 PM, Robert Story wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 11:38:37 -0800 Frederick wrote: >>> FCL> partitions) till the installation successfully concluded and did a >>> FCL> reboot. >>> >>> What happened when you rebooted? >>> >>> Try booting and holding down the option key, and see if a penguin >>> icon shows >>> up. >>> >>> try booting the install cd, and selecting 'linux rescue'. does it >>> detect your >>> linux partitions? if so, chroot to it, and run ybin -v. >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> yellowdog-general mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general >> HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' >> >> > Dean Loros > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
