Hi all-
Uprading my 2.4.18 kernel to 2.6.8 using Debian packages. I have a Pismo
with the internal disk split between Linux and OS9 partitions. Did an
aptitude upgrade to "testing" before I commenced. Everything seems to
have gone smoothly.
Here's the info I have in yaboot.conf:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
boot=/dev/hda9
device=hd:
partition=11
root=/dev/hda11
timeout=30
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
image=/boot/vmlinux
label=Linux
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinux.old
label=old
initrd=/boot/initrd.img.old
read-only
macos=/dev/hda12
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I ran ybin to install.
When I rebooted, I got a message from yaboot that it couldn't find
vmlinux. I'm guessing that it's because the symlinks are in the root
directory:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Mar 1 11:27 initrd.img ->
boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-powerpc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Mar 1 11:27 vmlinux ->
boot/vmlinux-2.6.8-powerpc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Feb 14 13:48 vmlinux.old ->
boot/vmlinux-2.4.18-newpmac
...and not the /boot directory. So I'll need to change the yaboot.conf
lines to "image=vmlinux" and so forth, no?
Here's what's in my /boot directory:
total 13708
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 531419 Feb 14 13:48 System.map-2.4.18-newpmac
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 944303 Jan 8 18:54 System.map-2.6.8-powerpc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18601 Feb 14 13:48 config-2.4.18-newpmac
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39972 Jan 8 15:31 config-2.6.8-powerpc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Jan 5 07:06 first.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Nov 26 2001 first.b.preserved
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4820992 Mar 1 11:27 initrd.img-2.6.8-powerpc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 45328 Jan 5 07:06 second.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41680 Nov 26 2001 second.b.preserved
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3573285 Feb 14 13:48 vmlinux-2.4.18-newpmac
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3966115 Jan 8 18:54 vmlinux-2.6.8-powerpc
Do I need an initrd.img of the vmlinux-2.4.18-newpmac kernel or only the
2.6.8? If not, then do I need to change my yaboot.conf lines under
"image=vmlinux.old" to what? Do I say "initrd=vmlinux-2.4.18-newpmac"
or is there another statement I need to substitute?
Finally, as I was typing around in yaboot to get innto my system
somehow, I was able to enter "/boot/vmlinux-2.6.8-powermac" and run the
init process. But it got hung at the following:
VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(8,1)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,1)
Does anyone know whether this is an artifact of my initrd issues above,
or is it something else entirely? I was finally able to get into my
machine by typing "/boot/vmlinux-2.4.18-newpmac" at the yaboot "boot:"
prompt and things seems fine...
What's up with QUIK? I got a message about being careful with dual boot
systems and answered "no" to it, but do I need to deal with it or can I
just forget about QUIK?
Also, looking ahead, will I need to run modconf to setup my desired mix
of driver modules?
Best and thanks,
Charles
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