BootX extension freezes MacOS

[Justin McKillican]

i get the exact same thing on my 7300/200


justin

> 
> Hi!
> 
>  I run LinuxPPC R5 on my 7300/166, MacOS 8.1, BootX 1.1.1 with 2 scsi disks
> which have partitions as follows:
>
> Disk id #6: MacOS "root" (HFS), Linux root, Linux swap
>
> Disk id #0: MacOS "data" (HFS+), Linux home (marked as HFS for mountx), Linux
> usr
>
> When I disable the BootX extension, everything works fine.  I can start Linux
> from the BootX app, and if I enable mountx, I see my home partition on the
MacOS
> desktop (with mountx disabled, MacOS suggests to format the home partition).
>
> With the BootX extension, I was able to boot Linux, but selecting MacOS, the
> system freezes when building the desktop.  This happens with and without
mountx
> enabled.
>
> Just as a test, I removed the disk #0 from the scsi chain --- and now
everything
> works fine with the extension!  Did I miss something important in the setup,
or
> is BootX somewhat broken if there is a HFS+ partition which is not the MacOS
> "root"?
>
> Thanks for your help, Albrecht.
>
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