On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Stephen wrote:
> Thanks Stew > > > > >1) a kernel (vmlinux or vmlinux-2.2) > >2) a stage1 image (all.gz or all-2.2.gz), (under "Options") > >3) set ramdisk size to 34000 > >4) possibly add some video options (video=xxxxx, see yaboot.conf for > >examples), or use "text" to do the text-mode install (kernel arguments) > > > Used vmlinux, all.gz, 34000, and "text", and the system installed fine.A > Have installed Beta2. > > Now Mandrake is in, I've got two issues > (1) On boot, the G3 loads up the Mac OS, and then I have to manually > start BootX to go into Linux. In comparision, YellowDog Linux starts up > BootX automatically at boot time. So how does one enable autoboot via > BootX into Linux as per YellowDog? Install BootX: move the BootX entension, Linux kernels and ?? to the System Folder. See the BootX docs. > (2) After install, modules aren't being loaded. Here are some relevant > entries from the /var/log/boot > ---------------------------- > depmod: Can't open lib/modules/2.4.18-4mdkBOOT/modules.dep for writing > rc.sysinit: finding module dependencies failed > -------------------- > Note: authorisation on modules.dep is -rw--r--r-- > Also, if I run modprobe as root, I get the following response... > Can't open dependencies file > /lib/modules/2.4.18-4mdkBOOT/modules.dep (No such file or directory) > > Please advise, how to fix the module loading problem? > Use the correct kernel and initrd. You're using the installer kernel to boot the system. See the BootX folder for the kernel and initrd to use for the installed system. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
