Pb to apply SystemDisk Patch on a PowerMac Beige G3

[kerneltux]

Hey

Thank for your answer. I've Mac OS X who can installed on (I do it)
but, Mac Os X
cannot load this Mac Os 8 file.
It is possible to boot linux on oldworld with a Bootloader named Quik.
I installed an Linux Debian SID on the hard drive, but I need to load
Quik
with OpenFirmware. Yesterday, I can apply the patch with the MacOS
floppy named
Disk Tools PPC (it was my first question, but I solve it).

Now, it is OpenFirmware who answer to me CLAIM failed we I try to
access to hard
drive. I don't know if anybody can help me.

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

Thank

Cordialy

[jim bob and joe bob]

Post by kerneltux
Hey
Thank for your answer. I've Mac OS X who can installed on (I do it)
but, Mac Os X
cannot load this Mac Os 8 file.
It is possible to boot linux on oldworld with a Bootloader named Quik.
I installed an Linux Debian SID on the hard drive, but I need to load
Quik
with OpenFirmware. Yesterday, I can apply the patch with the MacOS
floppy named
Disk Tools PPC (it was my first question, but I solve it).
Now, it is OpenFirmware who answer to me CLAIM failed we I try to
access to hard
drive. I don't know if anybody can help me.
I think it is possible to boot directly Linux with this machine.
Others seems to do that.
Thank
Cordialy

Maybe it is possible to boot directly. I have not yet tried linux on my
G3. It is a regular G3 beige 300 mhz, not the server.

[Axel Hammerschmidt]

Post by kerneltux
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)

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