Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > I am trying to install a custom 2.6.14.2 kernel on a 15" PowerBook using
> > make-kpkg. The kernel boots but can't mount the root partition (ext2). I
> > have ATA/100, Mac partition support, and ext2 built statically into the
> > kernel.
> >
> > A 2.4 kernel (Ethan Benson's XFS-enabled ppc kernel) boots fine on the
> > same partition.
>
> You manage to boot an alboot with a 2.4 kernel ? heh, you must be
> lucky :)
This is the only Debian install kernel I could find that does - possibly
it's the only one with ATA/100 enabled.
> I don't know what's up with your root partition, you may be passing the
> wrong root= argument to the kernel I suppose ...
I'm using yaboot to specify the root, which is /dev/hda3. I attach the
output of "mac-fdisk -l /dev/hda" and the contents of yaboot.conf. I
have also tried specifying the kernel arguments from the boot: prompt in
yaboot explicitly:
hd:3,vmlinux ro root=/dev/hda3
with the same results.
Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> Is module-init-tools installed? Sometimes people forget it when
> switching from 2.4 to 2.6.
Yes, both module-init-tools and modutils are installed, but in any case
all the relevant IDE/ATA and filesystem drivers are compiled in
statically.
Could anyone else try this kernel config on an AlBook (the model is
PowerBook5,8 if that helps) ?
I am compiling the kernel with gcc4, would that make any difference?
--
Chris Burdess
/dev/hda
# type name length base (
size ) system
/dev/hda1 Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 (
31.5k) Partition map
/dev/hda2 Apple_Bootstrap bootstrap 1600 @ 64
(800.0k) NewWorld bootblock
/dev/hda3 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 root 262144 @ 1664
(128.0M) Linux native
/dev/hda4 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 usr 67239936 @ 263808 (
32.1G) Linux native
/dev/hda5 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap 131072 @ 67503744 (
64.0M) Linux swap
/dev/hda6 Apple_HFS OSX 127736752 @ 67634816 (
60.9G) HFS
Block size=512, Number of Blocks=195371568
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0
## yaboot.conf generated by yabootconfig 1.0.5
##
## run: "man yaboot.conf" for details. Do not make changes until you have!!
## see also: /usr/share/doc/yaboot/examples for example configurations.
##
## For a dual-boot menu, add one or more of:
## bsd=/dev/hdaX, macos=/dev/hdaY, macosx=/dev/hdaZ
boot=/dev/hda2
#device=/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
device=hd:
partition=3
root=/dev/hda3
timeout=30
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
macosx=hd:6
enablecdboot
enableofboot
defaultos=macosx
image=/vmlinux.old
label=Linux
read-only
image=/vmlinux
label=test
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.14.2
label=test2
read-only
