maybe we need partititon-magic (a free version of it )
for ppc.
-kamal

--- matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au> wrote:
>    
>    I have a beige G3, and there is not a dual boot
> loader that I've found.
> 
> i don't know much about this topic, but i do know
> that the ppclinux
> booter (err, dunno it's name off hand) is able to
> dual boot macos
> (9 or X) and linux.  i don't see why it shouldn't be
> possible to do
> this with a smart enough ofwboot.
> 
>    And I don't think we'll find one. Mainly as MacOS
> X and NetBSD have
>    different OFW boot requirements. MacOS X wants
> real-base set to -1
>    (ffffffff) while NetBSD wants it set to f00000.
>    
>    I dual-boot, but it's a manual process. When
> switching OSs, I change
>    real-base, then 'reset-all'. I'm aided by the
> fact I netboot NetBSD, so
>    disk partitions aren't a problem.
> 
> i 4-way boot my G4/733 - linux, netbsd, macos 9 and
> X.  netbsd is the
> only one that doens't boot from the disk (yet), but
> macos9 and linux
> share one drive, and X and netbsd share another.  to
> boot linux or 9,
> i boot from hd0 and it gives me the linux
> bootloader.  X is the default
> boot, and netbsd requires "boot enet:0 ...."
>    
>    MacOS X uses a boot partition to help load. I
> experimented with an
>    installboot that would move its boot partition
> before or after the MacOS X
>    one, so you could control which OS booted. But I
> didn't get it to work. I
>    now realize I had disk spin problems, so I should
> try again. :-)
> 
> please! :-)


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