>> upon boot, yaboot successfully launches and shows me an icon of the >> linux harddrive, but when it is selected, it says it cannot find the >> kernel. > >Are you referring to the graphical boot menu that appears when you hold >down 'option' during boot?
yes. >If you boot from the installation disk again and start the installer, you >can then switch to the second virtual console (type command-F2 ... or was >it the third console?) and get a shell. You can then mount your root >partition and try to see what's wrong. unfortunately this presupposes a bit of linux understanding which i am hoping to learn by installing and working on linux. :) it's a circular problem... i need to know how to use it to fix it so i can learn how to use it, so i can.... my knowledge so far does include opening a shell from the installer. and i assume my redhat linux and linux for dummies books have info on mounting. but would you mind spelling it out (mounting), and what i should look for once i've mounted it? thanks. >If you need more specific ideas of where to look, write back.
