Re: eMac problem

2003-05-31 Thread Stew Benedict
On Fri, 30 May 2003, Jeffrey Hergan wrote: > I searched the lists and it said that to install 9.1 on an eMac I > should try: > > installgui-benh text > > That doesn't work/exist. > > So I try: install-gui-benh text which leaves me with a black screen > after some text scrolls quickly by. >

Re: Trouble with pivotroot while installing on 1998 Powerbook G3

2003-05-31 Thread Ted Lemon
I was able to track down the solution on the Club Mandrake bulletin board once I figured out that Search didn't work. The problem was that I was booting a ramdisk from the BootX.sit archive, because I didn't realize that /boot/all.gz was a ramdisk. Sorry for asking such a basic question her

Re: Trouble with pivotroot while installing on 1998 Powerbook G3

2003-05-31 Thread Stew Benedict
On Fri, 30 May 2003, Ted Lemon wrote: > > There are only 2 install kernels in 9.1. Your output looks like you > > are > > using one of the kernels/initrd's for the installed system. > > > > The install kernels, initrd are in /boot or in the BootX .sit file: > > I got the install kernel out of

Re: 2.4 benh - patches

2003-05-31 Thread Stew Benedict
On Fri, 30 May 2003, Nicholas Henke wrote: > 1 ) a kernel-source rpm would be _very_ nice -- it is needed for things > like openafs, bproc, etc, etc that need to compile kernel modules > against the source. > You're not totally without source. rpm -bp the kernel-benh srpm and you've got the s

Re: Trouble with pivotroot while installing on 1998 Powerbook G3

2003-05-31 Thread Ted Lemon
There are only 2 install kernels in 9.1. Your output looks like you are using one of the kernels/initrd's for the installed system. The install kernels, initrd are in /boot or in the BootX .sit file: I got the install kernel out of the BootX .sit file. It seems completely plausible that I am

Re: 2.4 benh - patches

2003-05-31 Thread danny
On 30 May 2003, Nicholas Henke wrote: > On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 14:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I do. Actually, the benh10 kernel with supermount and some other stuff is > > on mandrake-club. I do not really have a place to mirror it, but I suppose I > > could turn it to done so that it wil

Re: 2.4 benh - patches

2003-05-31 Thread Nicholas Henke
On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 14:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I do. Actually, the benh10 kernel with supermount and some other stuff is > on mandrake-club. I do not really have a place to mirror it, but I suppose I > could turn it to done so that it will appear on public mirrors. > Actually, I planned

eMac problem

2003-05-31 Thread Jeffrey Hergan
I searched the lists and it said that to install 9.1 on an eMac I should try: installgui-benh text That doesn't work/exist. So I try: install-gui-benh text which leaves me with a black screen after some text scrolls quickly by. So what's the secret to installing on an eMac? Thanks for any h