Bootloader (as bootcreator) for Mac Mini G4
  • Order of the Butterfly
    Order of the Butterfly
    Divinity
    Posts: 498 from 2009/9/8
    Hi,

    Is there a bootloader (as bootcreator for Pegasos2) for Mac Mini to bootstrap O.S. MorphOS 2.4, Linux Debian "Lenny" 5.02, and eventually also OSX Leopard 10.5.8 ?

    If yes, Is there a tuorial/guide/manual to use it correctly ?

    thanks a lot
    regards
  • »08.11.09 - 13:22
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
    Paladin of the Pegasos
    tokai
    Posts: 1289 from 2003/2/25
    From: binaryriot
    The Mac mini has a "bootloader" build-in; just press ALT during early boot stage and some graphical menu will show up which allows you to select the boot partition/ operating system.
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  • Order of the Butterfly
    Order of the Butterfly
    Chain-Q
    Posts: 347 from 2003/10/12
    From: 1 AU, EU, DE/HU
    Linux has a bootloader (Yaboot) built in. It usually detects and makes already installed systems bootable via it's menu. If you don't use Linux, you don't need to have a bootloader, as both MorphOS and OSX can boot from the built-in OF menu, as tokai mentioned. So there's no need for a tool similar to bootcreator.
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  • Order of the Butterfly
    Order of the Butterfly
    Divinity
    Posts: 498 from 2009/9/8
    hi,

    I need a bootloader Linux; ok Yaboot, but is there a guide/tutorial/manual to adapt It with MorphOS, Linux, OSX Leopard...

    thanks
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
    Yokemate of Keyboards
    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12163 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    > bootloader (as bootcreator for Pegasos2)

    BootCreator is nothing like that. It's just a program to output a Forth script to be executed by the Pegasos OpenFirmware. The (non-graphical) "bootloader" is integrated into that OpenFirmware.
  • »08.11.09 - 22:07
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  • Order of the Butterfly
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    Chain-Q
    Posts: 347 from 2003/10/12
    From: 1 AU, EU, DE/HU
    @Divinity
    Simply install Linux as the last system on the mini, and it should add existing systems to its bootmenu. (Theoretically, i haven't tried this.)
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