Hi. Thanks a lot to all those responding so far ...
On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 10:26:05AM -0600, vinai wrote: > Wolfgang, > > In the interests of time, I would recommend your trying the ext2 VFS > extension for Mac OS X, which can be found at: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsx/ > > I've been using a powerbook drive in a firewire case on my Pismo PB > for the better part of the last 2 years. This software is a kernel > extension, and allows you to access ext2 volumes from within Mac OS > X. I think it also works for ext3, but it ignores the journal. I have only Linux installed on this Titanium :) ... I'm still not quite sure whether it makes sense to 1: install OSX and 2: install the ext2 extension for OSX ... above all because it's not clear whether this extension will render OSX capable of reading the ext3 filesystem on my old disk ... > [ ... ] But I just installed a new kernel: kernel-image-2.4.27-power4-pmac (correct for Titanium IV ? ... ) When trying to boot 2.4.27 I get this (I think that's still the Open Firmware stage where this happens - and I could not copy the following: I had to type the following ... hoping I didn't make any typos): -------------------------------------- returning 0x01400000 from pro_init Invalid memory access at [unreadable]SRR0: 00540000 [unread]SRR1: 54000000 --------------------------------------------- I ignored the "quik" questions during the 2.4.27 install, i.e. I typed "no" when it asked whether to install some boot (?) parameters to /dev/hda4: hda4 is my root partition, and I wanted it to use hda2, my bootstrap partition ... And what is this "quik" stuff: Do I need it for 2.4.27: I'd like to get rid of quik, and remove it from the system ... Will it be a problem? And yes: I changed yaboot.conf for the new kernel: ------------------------------- boot=/dev/hda2 device=hd: partition=4 root=/dev/hda4 timeout=30 install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot default=Linux enablecdboot image=/vmlinux label=Linux read-only image=/vmlinux.old label=Linux2.4.18 read-only --------------------------------- ran 'ybin -v': nothing .... I have no idea what's going on: I can still boot my old 2.4.18 kernel. 2.4.27 broken? Anyone? TIA Wolfgang > > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > > Hi All > > > > Sorry for asking here instead of browsing Google: But I have not even 24 > > hours to rescue some configs from a broken hard disk. Data, i.e. Linux > > configs, that are lost forever if I don't find some way to access them in > > the next few hours on the old disk. I can't keep the old disk, as > > Apple, as it seems, wants it back after I got a new one via the > > warranty I still have with an "Apple Care Protection Plan" ... > > > > The details: > > The hard disk broke on a PowerBook G4 (TitaniumIV). The repair service > > already installed a new disk to this machine. I need access to the old > > disk: The repair service will give me the chance to access the data on > > the old disk via a firewire connection from the Titanium to the broken > > disk. This will happen tomorrow noon. [ ... ]
