BootX (Linux)

Linux bootloader for Macintosh computers

This article is about a bootloader used to boot Linux on PowerPC Macs and is not to be confused with BootX (Apple), a similarly-named Mac OS X bootloader.

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BootX is a graphical bootloader developed by Benjamin Herrenschmidt, which runs as an application or an extension to Mac OS 8 and 9 that allows Old World Apple computers to dualboot Linux.^[1]^[2] It uses code derived from quik, a replacement boot loader for PCI-based Old World Apple computers using Open Firmware.

BootX requires a Linux kernel and compressed ramdisk image to be available in the Mac's system folder.^[3] It will then automatically choose which partition becomes the root partition.^[4]

References

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^ Dalheimer, Matthias (1999年08月11日). "Preparing to Boot LinuxPPC - Running Linux, Third Edition". www.oreilly.com. Retrieved 2024年05月13日.
^ Stotler, Larry (2006年09月05日). "Installing Linux on a PCI Power Mac, Part 1". lowendmac.com. Retrieved 2024年05月13日.
^ Carling, M.; Degler, Stephen; Dennis, James (2000). Linux System Administration. Sams Publishing. ISBN 978-1-56205-934-7.
^ Welsh, Matt; Dalheimer, Matthias Kalle; Kaufman, Lar (1999). Running Linux. O'Reilly. ISBN 978-1-56592-469-7.