Kernel building
Hi, I am trying to build the latest kernel from penguinppc.org and having a problem. I am just wondering if there is some Mandrake specific configuration that I don't know about. I used to do this all the time when I used linuxppc but have never built one with Mandrake (or any other distro for that matter) Basically it seems to hang at the point where the scsi driver is being loaded for scsi emulation for my cd burner on an ibook2 (which also happens to be one of the first things that happens in the boot so the driver may not be significant). It complains a few times that / is not mounted and then stops booting. I followed the ibook specific instructions on ibooklinux.net so I think I haven't misconfigured the kernel. I also am fairly confident that I didn't screw up the yaboot.conf entry because I have written many a yaboot.conf when I used linuxppc and yaboot isn't even included in the install so you have to set it up yourself. I made the entry look exactly like the ones made by the install except changed the named of the image and label. I'm not sure why they use ramdisk because I thought that was for installs but I gave yaboot.conf the ramdisk entries just like the ones made by the install. So now that I've probably given too much information, is there something I don't know about in the Mandrake distro that I could screw up making my kernel never mount / that I didn't have to do back when I used linuxppc? Thanks if anyone can give me any pointers, but I understand you all don't consider this an appropriate question for the cooker list and decide not to answer. I hope someone does though. Ryan Boder http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~rtb
Re: Still have the same problem
here is the yaboot.conf details: init-message="\nWelcome to Mandrake Linux!\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 novram image=hd:8,/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hda8 initrd=hd:8./boot/initrd.img append=" failsafe" read-only macosx=hd:6 image=hd:8,/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hda8 initrd=hd:8,/boot/initrd.img read-write Anything you can suggest would be welcome. Also, how do I erase/edit line in this file in rescue mode? Thanks! - Original Message - From: "Stew Benedict" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 6:12 PM Subject: Re: Still have the same problem > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Aaron Stechesen wrote: > > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Stew Benedict" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 6:21 AM > > Subject: Re: Still have the same problem > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Aaron Stechesen wrote: > > > > > > > last night I posted that I was unable to boot Linux after installing. I > > still have the same trouble and even through rescue I can't boot! > > > > > > > > I am very new to this type of trouble when you reply with suggestions > > please be specific with the commands that I should be typing (/ is on hda8 > > and the bootloader is on 7), and what I should suspect, change and where i > > should be looking. Programs I should use if I need to alter or build > > anything. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Aaron > > > > > > > > > > > > > Boot CD iin rescue mode: > > > Hold down "C" at boot > > > Type "rescue" at yaboot boot prompt > > > > > > Mount Linux partion on /mnt/disk > > > mount /dev/hda8 /mnt/disk > > > > > > Check your yaboot.conf at /mnt/disk/etc/yaboot.conf > > > (send it to the list if you like for further examination) > > > > > when i get to here and type in the string i get the error > > bash: /mnt/disk/etc/yaboot.conf:permission denied > > I am root so what is going on here? > > Suggestions welcome. Again be specific. Thanks. > > > > Oops, sorry - you are really new to this ;^) > If you just type the name, it is going to try to run it, which won't > happen. It's just a text config file, so you want to view it: > > cat /mnt/disk/etc/yaboot.conf > less /mnt/disk/etc/yaboot.conf > more /mnt/disk/etc/yaboot.conf > > are a few ways > > Stew Benedict > > -- > MandrakeSoft OH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ > PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/ > > >
Re: Still have the same problem
thanks! yes I am very new to commands, i am slowly learning though. you can thank apple for my idiocy as they always made everything so darn easy:) - Original Message - From: "Stew Benedict" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 6:12 PM Subject: Re: Still have the same problem > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Aaron Stechesen wrote: > > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Stew Benedict" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 6:21 AM > > Subject: Re: Still have the same problem > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Aaron Stechesen wrote: > > > > > > > last night I posted that I was unable to boot Linux after installing. I > > still have the same trouble and even through rescue I can't boot! > > > > > > > > I am very new to this type of trouble when you reply with suggestions > > please be specific with the commands that I should be typing (/ is on hda8 > > and the bootloader is on 7), and what I should suspect, change and where i > > should be looking. Programs I should use if I need to alter or build > > anything. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Aaron > > > > > > > > > > > > > Boot CD iin rescue mode: > > > Hold down "C" at boot > > > Type "rescue" at yaboot boot prompt > > > > > > Mount Linux partion on /mnt/disk > > > mount /dev/hda8 /mnt/disk > > > > > > Check your yaboot.conf at /mnt/disk/etc/yaboot.conf > > > (send it to the list if you like for further examination) > > > > > when i get to here and type in the string i get the error > > bash: /mnt/disk/etc/yaboot.conf:permission denied > > I am root so what is going on here? > > Suggestions welcome. Again be specific. Thanks. > > > > Oops, sorry - you are really new to this ;^) > If you just type the name, it is going to try to run it, which won't > happen. It's just a text config file, so you want to view it: > > cat /mnt/disk/etc/yaboot.conf > less /mnt/disk/etc/yaboot.conf > more /mnt/disk/etc/yaboot.conf > > are a few ways > > Stew Benedict > > -- > MandrakeSoft OH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ > PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/ > > >
Re: Still have the same problem
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Aaron Stechesen wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Stew Benedict" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 6:21 AM > Subject: Re: Still have the same problem > > > > > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Aaron Stechesen wrote: > > > > > last night I posted that I was unable to boot Linux after installing. I > still have the same trouble and even through rescue I can't boot! > > > > > > I am very new to this type of trouble when you reply with suggestions > please be specific with the commands that I should be typing (/ is on hda8 > and the bootloader is on 7), and what I should suspect, change and where i > should be looking. Programs I should use if I need to alter or build > anything. > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > Aaron > > > > > > > > > Boot CD iin rescue mode: > > Hold down "C" at boot > > Type "rescue" at yaboot boot prompt > > > > Mount Linux partion on /mnt/disk > > mount /dev/hda8 /mnt/disk > > > > Check your yaboot.conf at /mnt/disk/etc/yaboot.conf > > (send it to the list if you like for further examination) > > > when i get to here and type in the string i get the error > bash: /mnt/disk/etc/yaboot.conf:permission denied > I am root so what is going on here? > Suggestions welcome. Again be specific. Thanks. > Oops, sorry - you are really new to this ;^) If you just type the name, it is going to try to run it, which won't happen. It's just a text config file, so you want to view it: cat /mnt/disk/etc/yaboot.conf less /mnt/disk/etc/yaboot.conf more /mnt/disk/etc/yaboot.conf are a few ways Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
Re: Still have the same problem
- Original Message - From: "Stew Benedict" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 6:21 AM Subject: Re: Still have the same problem > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Aaron Stechesen wrote: > > > last night I posted that I was unable to boot Linux after installing. I still have the same trouble and even through rescue I can't boot! > > > > I am very new to this type of trouble when you reply with suggestions please be specific with the commands that I should be typing (/ is on hda8 and the bootloader is on 7), and what I should suspect, change and where i should be looking. Programs I should use if I need to alter or build anything. > > > > Thanks in advance! > > Aaron > > > > > Boot CD iin rescue mode: > Hold down "C" at boot > Type "rescue" at yaboot boot prompt > > Mount Linux partion on /mnt/disk > mount /dev/hda8 /mnt/disk > > Check your yaboot.conf at /mnt/disk/etc/yaboot.conf > (send it to the list if you like for further examination) > when i get to here and type in the string i get the error bash: /mnt/disk/etc/yaboot.conf:permission denied I am root so what is going on here? Suggestions welcome. Again be specific. Thanks. > If you think it looks good, re-run ybin in a chroot environment: > cd / > chroot /mnt/disk > /sbin/ybin -v > exit > > Reboot: > reboot > > You might also want to check open firmware to see if the boot-device is > set properly. The installer should have given you a message telling what > needed to be done (did you write down the cryptic commands?) > > Command(Apple)-Option-O-F at boot > printenv > > boot-device in your case should be hd:7,\\:tbxi > If it's not: > > setenv boot-device hd:7,\\:tbxi > shut-down > > Re-power the machine and see what happens > > HTH, > Stew Benedict > > -- > MandrakeSoft OH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ > PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/ > > >
Re: Still have the same problem
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Aaron Stechesen wrote: > last night I posted that I was unable to boot Linux after installing. I still have >the same trouble and even through rescue I can't boot! > > I am very new to this type of trouble when you reply with suggestions please be >specific with the commands that I should be typing (/ is on hda8 and the bootloader >is on 7), and what I should suspect, change and where i should be looking. Programs I >should use if I need to alter or build anything. > > Thanks in advance! > Aaron > Boot CD iin rescue mode: Hold down "C" at boot Type "rescue" at yaboot boot prompt Mount Linux partion on /mnt/disk mount /dev/hda8 /mnt/disk Check your yaboot.conf at /mnt/disk/etc/yaboot.conf (send it to the list if you like for further examination) If you think it looks good, re-run ybin in a chroot environment: cd / chroot /mnt/disk /sbin/ybin -v exit Reboot: reboot You might also want to check open firmware to see if the boot-device is set properly. The installer should have given you a message telling what needed to be done (did you write down the cryptic commands?) Command(Apple)-Option-O-F at boot printenv boot-device in your case should be hd:7,\\:tbxi If it's not: setenv boot-device hd:7,\\:tbxi shut-down Re-power the machine and see what happens HTH, Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
Still have the same problem
last night I posted that I was unable to boot Linux after installing. I still have the same trouble and even through rescue I can't boot! I am very new to this type of trouble when you reply with suggestions please be specific with the commands that I should be typing (/ is on hda8 and the bootloader is on 7), and what I should suspect, change and where i should be looking. Programs I should use if I need to alter or build anything. Thanks in advance! Aaron
