I have the same powerbook and boots nice, if you want I can send you my .config, later because i'm working now and i don't have the mac here.
Jay Graves said: > I tried to boot some of the kernels at ppckernel.org (thanks for the > link) and this is what went down > > linux-benh-devel-2.4.21-ben2 > acted just like the one that I compiled myself (kernel panic > when root=/dev/hdc11 was passed, e2fsck error when it wasn't) > > linux-benh-powerbookG4-2.4.21-ben2 > This gave me the e2fsck error when the root=/dev/hdc11 was > passed, however the machine seemed to be frozen becasue I could > not enter my root password or do a control-D > > The only kernel that can boot is > http://valla.uchicago.edu/ppc/vmlinux-pbg412.bz2 which is the one that I > used to install the system. Boots just fine, except I have no modules > or anything so I can't really use this one. > > On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 08:30:08PM -0600, Brad Farr wrote: >> Jay Graves wrote: >> >After >> >apt-get'ing many packages I downloaded the 2.4.21 kernel and rsynced to >> >benh2. compiled and installed. Now when I reboot into open >> firmware... >> > >> >boot hd:9,yaboot #to get to yaboot >> >boot: hd:11,/vmlinux root=/dev/hdc11 ro #to boot my new 2.4.21-benh2 >> >kernel >> > >> >I get kernel panic with the following message >> > >> >VFS: Cannot open root device "hdc11" or 16:0b >> >Please append a correct "root=" boot option >> >Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 16:0b >> > >> >> I had exactly the same experience, but with a blue and white G3. >> As a test, I downloaded the precompiled kernel, >> linux-benh-devel-2.4.21-ben2, from www.ppckernel.org . >> The precompiled kernel, which was the same version but presumably with >> different modules, would boot and run fine. >> Several days earlier I compiled the 2.4.21-benh2 on an older PowerMac >> 7300/200, which boots with BootX, and it would boot without problems. >> I went back to the default woody kernel, 2.4.18-newpmac, for the G3. >> I don't know the solution, but I'd sure like to. >> >> Brad > > -- > > Jay Graves > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > jay.skabber.com > > O__ > _/`.\ > `=( ' > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Toni Cerd� Belmonte ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linux Registered User: 274198 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
