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After install on G5 other distro's won't boot from cd/dvd
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PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 6:27 am 
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Hi, I'm new here, installed mintppc on my dual G5 radeon.
Mintppc is a great first try-out for me, I also want to try out other distro's AND I want to keep the macosx on the machine.
Ik edited yaboot, I have now a dual boot: L, X and C.
However: when booting from cdrom I get a questionmark and foldericon, macicon and questionmark turning on and off.
Putting linux on a PPC is new for me, how can I install/replace/remove other distro's so I can make the choice which one is right for me?

Best regards,

Gerben


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Re: After install on G5 other distro's won't boot from cd/dv
PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 8:34 am 
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Remove Linux from within a Linux installation, by manually editing the partitions. Leave OSX there.


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Re: After install on G5 other distro's won't boot from cd/dv
PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 9:47 am 
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Thx for your fast reply.

I could try the mini.iso (MintPPC11), maybe it will boot again.
The problem occurred after installing MintPPC11 and editing the yaboot.conf.
Perhaps I need to add something in Yaboot.conf so I can boot from cd again.
As I stated: I cannot boot another linux distro right now.
I'll try it tonight.

By the way: what happens to yaboot if I wipe the linuxpartition?

Best regards,

G.


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Re: After install on G5 other distro's won't boot from cd/dv
PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 11:01 pm 
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Weird: the mintPPC cd works, any burned dvd doesn't work on the G5
Think I cracked the problem, use a netboot cd.


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