On 1 April, 2002 20:45, Chris Tillman wrote: > On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 03:50:32PM -0600, Derek Hall wrote: > > I am rather new to *nix so maybe I am overlooking something obvious.... > > > > I have a PM 7600 running Debian (kernel 2.2.15) on which I am attempting > > to update the kernel. I have tried both rsyncing benh's latest source > > (for 2.4.19 I think) and downloading his pre-complied 2.4 oldworld > > Powermac kernel. The problem is that even after replacing vmlinux and > > System.map in /boot (and installing the modules) upon reboot it still > > tells me I am running 2.2.15. I have tried replacing the actual files as > > well as just making symlinks in /boot to the new kernel and System.map. > > > > Compiling the source gave no errors but installing that resulting vmlinux > > and System.map seemingly had no effect either (did a uname -a and it > > still said 2.2.15 pre 19 (or something like that)) > > > > I am booting the machine via floppy using miBoot. Do I have to replace > > the zImage file on the miBoot floppy? If so how do I make a new zImage > > from my new kernel? I had this idea as you do need to point BootX to the > > correct kernel after an update, for example. > > Yes, that's your problem. It's using the kernel on the floppy. > > I'm pretty sure the zImage for a 2.4 kernel won't fit on a floppy. We had > to increase the size of our floppy image for the new-powermac flavor to > 2.88M, and I don't think there's any real floppy drives for the Mac that > size. > > You would either need to use BootX, or set up quik on this machine. Setting > up quik may be a bit tricky, because probably your OpenFirmware I/O goes > to the modem port rather than keyboard and screen.
i had the hardest time trying to figure this one out too and figured it out with some friendly advice from #debianppc. i was using bootx to boot into linux, and i would get 2.2.19 as a kernel version even though i had deleted the system.map, the kernel image, *and* the config file in /boot for that 2.2.19 kernel. i had to nvsetenv to boot off my (old) kernel (in this case a 2.4.18 kernel i compiled myself; this one is one i got from the debian archives). for reference, this is a 7500 now happily (re)booting from quik and not mac os/bootx. for my setup, i used: 1) nvsetenv boot-device "$(ofpath /dev/sdb)0" 2) nvsetenv boot-command "begin boot catch 100 ms cr again" 3) nvsetenv output-device /chaos/control 4) nvsetenv input-device kbd 5) quik -f YMMV. eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
