On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > BTW, in theory you should be able to manually boot the system the same > > way you did the CD from OF. If you make the change in ofboot.b on your > > bootstrap, yaboot may even work. Or urpmi the new yaboot once youve > > booted. > > Yay! I booted! This message is brought to you by konqueror on Mandrake > 9.1 PPC. :) > > Even though I installed using the benh kernel, the installer decided to > only put the regular kernel on. I had to do some fancy footwork in the > rescue CD to install/setup the benh kernel. >
Been thinking about that. I need to check the running kernel during the install and substitute installing benh for mdk if you booted benh to install. > For some reason the network config doesn't find pppd because the PPPD > entry in /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf was set to NOTFOUND. All I had to do is > change that to /usr/sbin/pppd and it connected (obviously :) ). I did not > come across the same error in the network config that I did in the > installer. > Odd, but glad it worked. Now that I think of it, you drak tools on the installed system will be much newer than that 9.0 based installer. > Modifying the one line in ofboot.b does not make it work. I still have to > go to OF to boot. I'm going to try installing the new package though. > > Everything seems to work great. Although I can't get the mandrake control > center to start. Maybe it's a knowm issue that was fixed later. > Truthfully, I hardly ever use it anyway. > I forget now what the deal was with it on beta2, you could try urpmi'ing the latest stuff, it seems to be working now. > Thanks for your help. I'll keep you updated on anything i find. > > rob > > > Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.freenode.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&r=1&w=2
