Mac and Linux dual boot mac G4

Ok I now have a linux os that works on my power mac G4 but now I would like to dual boot it.
Anyone know how to do that?
P.S. I'm doing research on the subject myself and If I find a solution before anyone on here can answer this I will post it.
(Hopefully)

Depends on which Linux distro you're using. The general outline is:
1. Using the OS X installer, partition the disk in two partitions, one for OS X and one for Linux. At this point the Linux partition can be the OS X Disk util's default HFS+; it's only created as a placeholder.
2. Install OS X to the partition dedicated to it.
3. Using the Linux installer, remove the partition previously created for Linux and create at least three partitions for Linux in the freed space: one for bootloader, one for the Linux OS and one for swap
4. Install linux to the partition given to it.
5. If not handled by the installer, install and configure the bootloader
6. Point Open Firmware to boot from the bootloader partition.
The bootloader partition contains the machinery for multibooting. It's usually under one megabyte, but I'd advice 16MB to better accommodate a better bootloader. Yaboot is still usually the default, but grub2, which is a bigger should become the standard at some point.
Swap should be 1G or so.

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First of all, my verdict is to use the Solaris GRUB to boot all the other OS's, just because the Linux GRUB "cannot mount the partition", where Solaris kernel is. The Solaris GRUB can do it all.
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If GRUB couldn't boot linux kernel directly, I'd have to use chainloader string (which is also known to work) like this:
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