I recently downloaded the latest pre-compiled debian kernel from
ppckernel.org (linux-bk-2.4-devel-2.4.26) and installed it according to
the direction listed:
gunzip linux-pmac-*.tar.gz
tar xf linux-pmac-*.tar
cd linux-pmac-*
mv vmlinux /boot
mv System.map /boot
mv modules /lib/modules/VERSION
The only exception being that I downloaded the file on my OS X box and
gunzipped it there. I then copied the .tar file to my Linux box via
Samba and untared it there.
I moved the modules folder into /lib/modules/2.4.26. I then booted in
the Mac OS (My linux box is a Power Mac 9600 using Bootx as its Linux
bootmanager) and copied the vmlinux file (from the completely unstuffed
archive on my OS X box) to the correct folders (I renamed the existing
vmlinux file to vmlinux2.2) and restarted using Bootx with the vmlinux
kernel selected.
When Linux starts using the 2.4.26 vmlinux kernel, modprobe gives a
constant warning that it is unable to find
/lib/modules/2.4.26/modules.dep. It gives this warning several dozen
times in a row. I then get several hundred complaints involving files
(not owned by root)
I consider myself pretty resourceful but am at a loss. What am I doing
wrong?
Thanks in advance.
