PPC: Choosing the startup disk under MacOS 9.1

Support knowledgebase (os-chooser-9.1)
Applies to

SuSE Linux PowerPC: Versions since 6.4

Symptom

You have installed MacOS 9.1 and you cannot choose the linuxboot partition in the control panel "Startup Disk".

Cause

The nice people from Apple, once again, changed a small thing. In the controll panel, only partitions which contain a "Mac OS ROM" file, are shown (with exactly this name). Currently, SuSE's faked "Mac OS ROM" file has the name "os-chooser".

Solution

Rename the file "os-chooser", within the folder "suseboot", to "Mac OS ROM". After you have done this, you should be able to choose the linuxboot partition as your startup disk.

Important:

Remember to rename this file (the one changed to "Mac OS ROM") back to "os-chooser" again, otherwise lilo will not be able to find and configure this file later. It is only necessary for this file to be called "Mac OS ROM" when changing the startup disk.
Keywords: PPC, MACOS, OS-CHOOSER, 9.1, POWERPC

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