yes, you just saved my ass, it was the -newpmac part that was killing me. I thank you for saving me many many hours or reinstalling... and thanks to everyone else that offered ideas. whew now to get things set back correctly....
eric > On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 02:37:13PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > On Sam, 2002-11-02 at 05:45, eric wrote: > > > > > > I rebuilt my kernel and now i'm booting to a mon> prompt before it gets > > > to a login prompt, and after i do an x from there i hit a kernel panic. > > > unfortunatly i didn't specify my orig kernel in my yaboot.conf file. > > > > Rule #1 (in big fat letters): _Always_ keep the kernel you're running > > bootable, because you know it works... > > > > If you haven't deleted the file, you can boot it manually from the > > yaboot prompt though, something like hd:x,/path/to/kernel, where x is > > the partition number of the filesystem containing the kernel. > > Perhaps that can help, the kernel installed by woody that I keep ready > as a falesafe has the following path: > /boot/vmlinux-2.4.18-newpmac > > Christophe > > > -- > > Earthling Michel D?nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer > > XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Christophe Barbé <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > GnuPG FingerPrint: E0F6 FADF 2A5C F072 6AF8 F67A 8F45 2F1E D72C B41E > > Cats are absolute individuals, with their own ideas about everything, > including the people they own. --John Dingman > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
