Is Ubuntu giving up on the PPC platform?

[Eric Dunbar]

(see bottom of e-mail)

On 2/12/06, Brian Durant <RoadTripDK at myrealbox.com> wrote:
> On 12. feb 2006, at 19.13, Eric Dunbar wrote:
>
> > On 2/12/06, Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 2/12/06, Brian Durant <RoadTripDK at myrealbox.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how to get yaboot to boot
> >>> default into OS X yet. I tried "default=macosx", but no luck.
> >>>
> >>> With regards to the kernel issue, I see two possibilities as I
> >>> believe we have talked about before:
> >>
> >> Brian, IIRC that's exactly what you're supposed to do to get yaboot
> >> booting to Mac OS X automagically.
> >>
> >> Most redundant question in the world (since you already posted that
> >> you used sudo ybin -v)...
> >>
> >> Did you run sudo ybin -v after updating your yaboot.conf file with
> >> the line:
> >> default=macosx
> >> (no quotes)?
> >
> > FYI. This is my current yaboot.conf file:
> >
> > ## yaboot.conf generated by the Ubuntu installer
> > ##
> > ## run: "man yaboot.conf" for details. Do not make changes until
> > you have!!
> > ## see also: /usr/share/doc/yaboot/examples for example
> > configurations.
> > ##
> > ## For a dual-boot menu, add one or more of:
> > ## bsd=/dev/hdaX, macos=/dev/hdaY, macosx=/dev/hdaZ
> >
> > boot=/dev/hda2
> > device=/pci at f4000000/ata-6 at d/disk at 0:
> > partition=3
> > root=/dev/hda3
> > timeout=100
> > install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
> > magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
> > enablecdboot
> > macosx=/dev/hda5
> > defaultos=macosx
>
> "default=macosx" is not what you included. That is why I was asking,
> as OF totally freaked, as per my last e-mail.

Hmm. Methinks we may have just solved the problem.

Note my yaboot.conf file's line[1]:

defaultos=macosx

Note the line you wrote in your e-mails:

default=macosx

Ta da :-) (hopefully ;-)

[1] I know my yaboot.conf works... Kubuntu/Ubuntu Dapper don't exactly
work but at least yaboot does ;-)

Eric.