Setting OS X as Default Boot

[Colin Watson]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 11:11:45PM +0200, MaX wrote:
> Il giorno Sep 20, 2004, alle 9:11 PM, Brett Kirksey ha scritto:
> >OK, the first screen on startup says 'Boot Stage 1:', and it is 
> >waiting for either "l"-Linux, "x"-Mac OS X, or "c"-CD-ROM. It will not 
> >accept anything except one of tose options. On the next screen that 
> >says "Boot:", I typed "defaultos=macosx" (without the quotes of 
> >course). It returns:
> >
> >/pci at f2000000/pcibridge/mac-io at 7/ata-4 at 1f000/disk at 1:3, 
> >//defaultos=macosx: no such file or directory.
> 
> 
> mmm... if i understand correctly, you have not modified the 
> /etc/yaboot.config file.

That's "/etc/yaboot.conf", otherwise yes.

> so, open a terminal and write:
> 
> 	% sudo pico /etc/yaboot.config
> 
> edit the line
> 
> 	"defaultos=Linux"
> 
> in
> 	"defaultos=macosx"

Note that there's currently no defaultos=Linux line in the stock
yaboot.conf file; just add one at the bottom of the first block of
options.

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson                                    [cjwatson at canonical.com]