Boot issues using multiple drives

[James Tappin]

On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 22:15:59 -0500
Jeff Yowell <jeff_yowell at cox.net> wrote:

JY> Thanks to everyone for their input.
JY> 
JY> If I can't use Grub on a PPC machine, how else might I be able to  
JY> edit the MBR?

The boot loader for PPC is yaboot (Yet Another BOOT loader) which
interfaces with the Open Firmware (PPC's nearest equivalent to the BIOS
of Intel boxes). The configuration file is /etc/yaboot.conf and the
command to put into effect changes is ybin (use -v to see what it's
doing). As my PPC machine is a 5-year-old G3 iBook I have no idea about
how SATA drives are handled. I'd suggest a few judicious searches on
yaboot and sata (and possibly Open Firmware) might find something
useful. You might find something useful on the Debian site under the
powerpc port.

James

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