On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 12:19:26PM +0800, William Xu wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 01:18:01PM +0800, William Xu wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> In order to get airport extreme working, i just built linux-2.6.18.4. > >> Its .config is mainly based on 2.6.15.5(current kernel). When i try to > > > > The current debian kernels are etch's 2.6.18 and sid's 2.6.20. If i > > where you, i would install the etch 2.6.18 kernel, and if you really > > need something custom use the etch source package to build your own > > kernel, starting from the /boot/config-2.6.18... file. > > It looks like i seldom have luck on installing pre-compiled kernel > provided by debian.. This time again. > > What does this error mean?
It means you have not installed the dependencies of the package. that it tries to call mkvmlinuz is a hint that you are not on powermac, or that you do something strange. > ,----[ apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc ] > | Reading package lists... Done > | Building dependency tree... Done > | Suggested packages: > | linux-doc-2.6.18 > | The following NEW packages will be installed: > | linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc > | 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 513 not upgraded. > | Need to get 0B/16.6MB of archives. > | After unpacking 51.4MB of additional disk space will be used. > | Preconfiguring packages ... > | (Reading database ... 174438 files and directories currently installed.) > | Unpacking linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc (from > .../linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc_2.6.18.dfsg.1-12_powerpc.deb) ... > | Could not find mkinitramfs-kpkg mkinitrd.yaird. at > /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst line 238, <STDIN> line 9. > | Ok, Aborting Try apt-get install initramfs-tools. I wonder how you where able to install linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc without it automatically pulling in either yaird or initramfs-tools. This is a RC bug in itself if it is confirmed. But : The dependencies are : Depends: module-init-tools (>= 0.9.13), coreutils (>= 5.96), mkvmlinuz (>= 24), initramfs-tools (>= 0.55) | yaird (>= 0.0.12-8) | linux-initramfs-tool > | dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc_2.6.18.dfsg.1-12_powerpc.deb > (--unpack): > | subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 > | Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d . > | run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/mkvmlinuz > | Errors were encountered while processing: > | > /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.18-4-powerpc_2.6.18.dfsg.1-12_powerpc.deb > | E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > | think-different:/home/william# > `---- > > Nevertheless, i extract the config file from it, and is being compiled > it now. This config seems including way too much staffs, the compilation > takes more than *two hours*... > > And, when rebooting the new kernel fails at: > > ,---- > | VFS: Cannot open root device "hdc4" on unknown block (0, 0) > | Please append a correct "root=" boot option > | Kernel panic, not syncing: > | VFS: unable to moiunt root fs on unknown block (0, 0) > `---- > > Above these lines, i notice that the new kernel has tagged ATA hard disk > as /dev/hda. So this seems to be the problem. > > While, my current partition table is: > > ,----[ sudo fdisk -l ] > | /dev/hdc > | # type name length base ( > size ) system > | /dev/hdc1 Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 ( > 31.5k) Partition map > | /dev/hdc2 Apple_Bootstrap bootstrap 1600 @ 64 > (800.0k) NewWorld bootblock > | /dev/hdc3 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap 260544 @ 1664 > (127.2M) Linux swap > | /dev/hdc4 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 root 12311320 @ 262208 ( > 5.9G) Linux native > | /dev/hdc5 Apple_HFS macimage 6291456 @ 12573528 ( > 3.0G) HFS > | /dev/hdc6 Apple_HFS macosx 7888816 @ 18864984 ( > 3.8G) HFS > | /dev/hdc7 Apple_HFS source 31851320 @ 26753800 ( > 15.2G) HFS > | > | Block size=512, Number of Blocks=58605120 > | DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0 > | > `---- This still seems like a mac. Please try : dpkg-reconfigure mkvmlinuz, and chose yaboot. > It's a bit weird that the ATA hard disk has been tagged as /dev/hdc > since the first time installation of debian by cdrom. But later i always > upgrade linux kernel by hand, and without much problem up to 2.6.15. > > To solve the kernel panic, i tried appending "root=" option on yaboot, > > ,---- > | vmlinux root=/dev/hda4 > `---- > > But it still causes similar error. :( > > >> boot the newly built kernel, it dies even before loading the kernel: > >> > >> Can't read Elf e_ident/e_type/e_machine info > > > > This is a yaboot warning, saying it has trouble finding the elf header > > from the kernel. My first guess is that either your kernel is not an elf > > file, and something went horribly wrong, or more probably your > > yaboot.conf points at the wrong file, and not at the actual kernel. > > Maybe you have a dangling symlink or something ? > > They are all okay, AFAIK. > > ps. It's ibook G4 1G, 12.1' here. Strange. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
