Boot loader Config ....

I have been trying to install SuSe Linux version 10 on my powermac 2.5 G5. I get to the point where it ask me to install the boot loader and gives me this default setting:


Image/boot/vmlinux (/dev/sda2)

For some odd reason it does not like this setting and ask that I create a new one. I have basically tried all the settings listed below and none will work. I need help. I have been trying for 2 days to get this linux OS installed and to dual boot with my present operating system. My first drive is partitioned in two, with Mac OS X Tiger Server 10.4.2 on the 1st partition and SuSe Linux 10 on the 2nd partition. On my second hard drive, I also have two partitions, with OS X 10.4.2 on the 1st and a 2nd partition with NO OS installed.

Can any give me a help with this. I just need for a boot loader (yaboot) to give me the option to choose either of the operating systems to boot to.

This is my present system configuration:


/dev/sda 69.2GB
/dev/sda1 0.0MB unknown
/dev/sda2 30.6GB linux native
/dev/sda3 34.6GB Apple_HFS (OS X Server)
/dev/sda5 38.8MB linux native (SuSe Linux)
/dev/sda6 1.0MB unknown
/dev/sda7 3.4GB linux native
/dev/sda8 512MB linux swap

/dev/sdb 152.6GB (my second hard drive)
/dev/sdb1 0.0MB unknown
/dev/sdb3 120.2GB Apple_HFS (OS X 10.4.2)
/dev/sdb5 32.1GB Apple_HFS

I don't have any practical experience with openSUSE 10.0 on my Powermac, because I have not installed it yet. But I did find some documentation concerning installation issues. Maybe it will help you. The fact that yaboot doesn't see your partitions is mentioned there. Good luck.

http://www.opensuse.org/PowerPC_Documentation

Thanks for the info, did check out the site ... but with the information listed, I still haven't been able to dual boot this system.

I tried accessing yaboot with the following command:

cd:,\\yaboot

but the system came up with this error:

yaboot starting: loaded at 0x00200000-0x002365dd0 (0x200000/0x0/0xff846d38;0x0023ee60)
can't claim malloc buffer (1048576 bytes at 0x00300000)


I have no idea what this means, maybe someone here can.

thanks again