Yaboot ( yet another boot loader [1]) is a bootloader for PowerPC-based hardware running Linux. [2] [3]
In 2009, maintenance by Paul Nasrat was handed over to Tony Breeds. [4]
Support includes the New World ROM Macintosh and IBM RS/6000 systems. It does not support the "OldWorld" PowerMacs. [2]
It is built to run within the Open Firmware layer common to most such systems instead of working as a Mac OS 9 program like its predecessor BootX.
Yaboot is similar to LILO and GNU GRUB. [5] Yaboot uses the following steps to boot: [3]
/etc/yaboot.conf
or a
command shellYaboot ( yet another boot loader [1]) is a bootloader for PowerPC-based hardware running Linux. [2] [3]
In 2009, maintenance by Paul Nasrat was handed over to Tony Breeds. [4]
Support includes the New World ROM Macintosh and IBM RS/6000 systems. It does not support the "OldWorld" PowerMacs. [2]
It is built to run within the Open Firmware layer common to most such systems instead of working as a Mac OS 9 program like its predecessor BootX.
Yaboot is similar to LILO and GNU GRUB. [5] Yaboot uses the following steps to boot: [3]
/etc/yaboot.conf
or a
command shell