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newbie OSX booting question
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kitcho
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Dec 16, 2006, 02:45 PM
 
hi

ok, i have OSX tiger and ubuntu installed on my 1.33 powerbook. now, when i turn on my computer, it goes to a grey screen and i need to press 'option' and input my open firmware password in order to boot either osx or ubuntu. now, my question is, how do i make it boot up osx automatically?

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Dec 16, 2006, 03:23 PM
 
get rid of your open firmware password?
     
larrinski
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Dec 17, 2006, 01:54 AM
 
I believe Ubuntu uses yboot, or something like that... Maybe if you just installed linux, the partitions weren't set up right. On my Powerbook I have dual boot Fedora Core and OSX. At startup it goes to a black screen where you press x for mac, l for linux ,c for cdrom, etc...
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