Re: Pb to apply SystemDisk Patch on a PowerMac Beige G3

From: Axel Hammerschmidt (hlexa_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/21/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:13:31 +0100

kerneltux <kerneltux@linuxmail.org> wrote:

> I think it is possible to boot directly Linux with this machine.
> Others seems to do that.

Yes, it is. My 233MHz beige G3 (750MB RAM) can boot Linux directly using
Miboot. Linux is from a Mandrake 9.1 distro and the Miboot stuff from a
LinuxPPC 2000 Q4 distro.

MiBoot is a bootloader for older PowerMacs and Mac clones. In fact, it
is basically a faked System file meant for Linux-only machines.

Mandrake Linux and the miboot fake System folder are each on seperate
partitions, together with the swap partition on an external 8GB scsi
drive.

A normal MacOS 9.1 system is installed on the internal ATA drive for
ordinary everyday use.

That's a duel boot setup. I can boot Mandrake Linux either by choosing
the fake System folder with the Startup Disk control panel, or holding
down Command - Alt - Shift - Delete (Back Space) during a normal
(re)boot - this saves the drain on the CMOS battery.

Here is a ref to a posting from from the yellowdog-general mailing list
about miboot that I have found to be usefull:

Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 14:03:04 +0200
From: Alexander Holst <e-mail address removed>
Subject: Re: miboot documentation? (really minimal BootX)

The YDG mailig list:

http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general 

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