On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Etan wrote: > On Thursday 24 October 2002 11:11, you wrote: > > On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Etan wrote: > > > No matter what I try, my PPC Mandrake 8.2 kernel which I've compiled a > > > few times already doesn't boot! it keeps "catching" an error and sending > > > me to the firmware. > > > > > > Is there something I'm missing here? It's not what I compiled into my > > > kernel, I'm only using the most basic of features. Not even doing any > > > modules. I copied the Linux-elf kernel over to boot, and added the entry > > > into yaboot.conf myself (in the bootstrap partition). > > > > > > It made no difference when I used the newkernel scripts. What about these > > > .Prep and .Chrep images? are they necessary? I can't find the prep and > > > chrep that came with the default kernel (which still boots fine of > > > course). > > > > What image are you trying to use? vmlinux is what is used for most Apple > > machines. RS6000 uses it's own image. > > It's a G3 btw, and I'm using arch/ppc/boot/images/vmlinux.elf-pmac to be > specific >
Wrong! ----------------------------------------------------^ Use vmlinux in the root of the build directory. > > What are newkernel scripts? > > I can't remember what it's called but I also tried the mandrake script which > basically updates the yaboot.conf for you and stuff. It's not fancy or > anything. > installkernel > Errmm config options I could exactly paste in this email... lets just assume > that my kernel config options are OK, since I've used only the most basic > settings (with the proper platforms selected of course). I don't need sound > or half the other features in there. I've compiled and used kernels without > problems on x86 many times before. Not sure what I'm doing wrong here. > > Umm, OK. PPC is a little different than x86. Try using the vmlinux image as mentioned above and see how that goes. If you don't have experience building PPC kernels, I'm not sure how you can be so sure your config is fine, but I guess we'll have to take your word at it. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
