Le Vendredi 1 Février 2002 12:04, vous avez écrit : > Ben Reser wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 10:04:30AM +0100, Miguel Beccari wrote: > >>1) installation do NOT let me choose reiserfs as default filesystem (I > >>choosed the old ext2, which is that i do not want) > > > > Known issue. Will be fixed in 8.2. > > Very well. > At this point my obvious questio is: when 8.2 ppc is planned to come out > ? ;)
Just after the the 8.2 for x86 answer me a Mandrake's develloper. I think in 1 or 2 month. > > >>2) the kernel 2.4.4 has got no drivers for 2940U2W Adaptec > > > > I believe this was an error on Stew's part. I'm not sure if it's > > corrected in the security update kernel but I'm positive he's fixed the > > support for 8.2 > > I see that in 2.4.8-31.3mdk (the last update avaiable) have not got it. > > But I can see it in 2.4.17-8mdk (so I am planning to compile this one) > > >>1) First of all I tried to install from updates a new kernel (2.4.8). I > >>am experienced with rpms, so I preferred to manually upgrade packages. > >>No error was found in the upgrade, except a /usr/local/boot//mkinitrd > >>not found. > > > > This is "normal" for this update. No issue here. > > OK > > >>No problems, I run mkinitrd manually, take a look at /etc/yaboot.conf, > >>/boot, and /lib/modules, typed /sbin/ybin -v (that is - I suppose - the > >>same I do with lilo -v). > > > > Sorta ybin also updates the bootstrap as well as the "MBR". > > So maybe OK. > > My yaboot.conf is: > > [root@serverg3 root]# cat /etc/yaboot.conf > #yaboot.conf - generated by DrakX > init-message="\nBenvenuto in Linux Mandrake PPC!\n" > boot=/dev/hda7 > ofboot=hd:7 > delay=30 > timeout=50 > install=/usr/local/lib/yaboot/yaboot > magicboot=/usr/local/lib/yaboot/ofboot > enablecdboot > enableofboot > defaultos=linux > default=linux > nonvram > image=hd:8,/boot/vmlinuz > label=linux > root=/dev/hda8 > read-only > image=hd:8,/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.8-31.3mdk > label=linux2.4.8 > root=/dev/hda8 > read-only > image=hd:8,/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.17-8mdk > label=linux2.4.17 > root=/dev/hda8 > initrd=hd:8,/boot/initrd-2.4.17-8mdk.img > read-only > image=hd:8,/boot/vmlinuz-2.2 > label=linux22 > root=/dev/hda8 > initrd=hd:8,/boot/initrd-2.2.img > read-only > image=hd:8,/boot/vmlinuz > label=failsafe > root=/dev/hda8 > append=" failsafe" > read-only > macos=hd:6 > > > > My /boot is: > > [root@serverg3 root]# ls /boot/ > config@ System.map-2.2.19-14mdksecure > config-2.4.17-8mdk System.map-2.2.20-6mdk > config-2.4.4-6.2mdk System.map-2.4.17-8mdk > config-2.4.8-31.3mdk System.map-2.4.4-6.2mdk > initrd-2.2.19-14mdksecure.img System.map-2.4.8-31.3mdk > initrd-2.2.20-6mdk.img vmlinuz@ > initrd-2.2.img@ vmlinuz-2.2@ > initrd-2.4.17-8mdk.img vmlinuz-2.2.19-14mdksecure* > initrd.img@ vmlinuz-2.2.20-6mdk* > kernel.h@ vmlinuz-2.4.17-8mdk* > kernel.h-2.4.4-6.2mdk vmlinuz-2.4.4-6.2mdk* > message vmlinuz-2.4.8-31.3mdk* > System.map@ > > and my modules are: > > [root@serverg3 root]# ls /lib/modules/ > 2.2.19-14mdksecure/ 2.4.17-8mdk/ 2.4.4-6.2mdk.tar.bz2 > 2.2.20-6mdk/ 2.4.4-6.2mdk/ 2.4.8-31.3mdk/ > > >>At the reboot the error was: > >>Ooop: kernel access of bad area. Sig 11. > >>Kernel Panic (rebooting in 180 secs). > > > > I've never see this maybe Stew has some thoughts on this. > > This error appens with 2.4.17-8mdk, 2.4.8-31.3mdk. > > >>3) I am not sure about the use of yaboot. Maybe I fail something. I am > >>experienced with x86 machines and lilo or grub, but PPC is a new world. > >>So I installed from the 8.0PPC the 2.2.19 kernel. > >>No errors of course, but at the reboot a new problem: the screen stops > >>at the word "booting..." > > > > Some machines work with 2.2 and refuse to work 2.4 or vice versa. PPC > > hardware is well very proprietary and support for it is often broken by > > proprietary changes. Apple is so great in not giving us info on the > > hardware. > > OK. This information is useful: I will not try to use > 2.2.19-14mdksecure, 2.2.20-6mdk, or other 2.2 > > >>4) So, up to now I am thinking to upgrade the gcc too, and recompile > >>from src.rpms the very last kernel. but the big question is: > >> > >>What is going wrong with my upgrades ? > >>yaboot ? > >>kernels ? > > > > I don't see anything that gives me the impression your yaboot is wrong. > > Thought it would be helpful if you posted your yaboot.conf file here. > > But it really shounds like a kernel issue. And for that I'll defer to > > Stew our "expert". :) > > Maybe is a kernel issue, so news from me will come after the 2.4.17 > compilation. > > > Best Regards, > > > Miguel Beccari > > > PS: TNX for quick answers ;) -- Olivier Thauvin-CNRS Service Aeronomie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Téléphone: 01 64 47 43 60 à Verrières (lundi,mercredi et vendredi) 01 44 27 47 59 à Jussieu (Mardi et Jeudi) Service d'Aéronomie Réduit de Verrieres - BP 3 Route des Gatines 91371 Verrieres le Buisson Cedex France Fax:33 (0)1 69 20 29 99
