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danleong
June 8th, 2009, 12:34 PM
Hello,

I'd like to revert from my dual-boot OSX/Ubuntu 9 to just OSX. It's not that I hate Linux, I love it :) However this Powerbook G4 is going to someone who just wants a normal Mac.

Is there anyway to get rid of yaboot and just get the original boot loader restored?

diskutil list :-
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_partition_scheme *149.1 Gi disk0
1: Apple_partition_map 31.5 Ki disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Mac OS X 110.0 Gi disk0s3
3: Apple_Bootstrap 977.0 Ki disk0s4
(disk0s5 and disk0s6 were ubuntu)

OF boot-device /pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:2,\\:tbxi

Q: Can I delete Apple_Bootstrap safely ?
Q: Can I do some OF setenv to boot from disk0s3 ?

Thanks for any help you can offer,
Dan

tiresia
June 8th, 2009, 03:33 PM
Q: Can I delete Apple_Bootstrap safely? Yes
Q: Can I do some OF setenv to boot from disk0s3 ?You don't need to do anything - if you have problems, reset PRAM parameters (cmd-opt-P-R at boot up)

MikeTheC
June 8th, 2009, 03:38 PM
Yes
You don't need to do anything - if you have problems, reset PRAM parameters (ctr-alt-P-R at boot up)

Nope, that's CMD+OPT+P+R. Option is the more proper name for the Alt key on a Mac, and Control and Command are two completely different keys.

tiresia
June 8th, 2009, 03:55 PM
Nope, that's CMD+OPT+P+R. Option is the more proper name for the Alt key on a Mac, and Control and Command are two completely different keys.
Right! I wrote too fast ;)
I corrected it. Thanks