On 10/07/10 14:29, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Joseph Jezak wrote:
Okay, so we fixed the first thing. That's good. :) Can you attach your
whole kernel config? I'm wondering if maybe udev isn't running properly
due to a misconfiguration.
-Joe
>>>
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Joseph Jezak wrote:
>
>>> Okay, so we fixed the first thing. That's good. :) Can you attach your
>>> whole kernel config? I'm wondering if maybe udev isn't running properly
>>> due to a misconfiguration.
>>>
>>> -Joe
>> Attached unless GMail does something to it.
>
>> Okay, so we fixed the first thing. That's good. :) Can you attach your
>> whole kernel config? I'm wondering if maybe udev isn't running properly
>> due to a misconfiguration.
>>
>> -Joe
> Attached unless GMail does something to it.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
Another busy week, but I think we might ha
Sorry, I've had a busy week and didn't have time to respond!
> OK - to me this doesn't look good:
>
> # mount -t procfs none /proc
> mount:none has wrong device number or fs type procfs not supported
Sorry, that was my mistake, I was running from memory. :) You have the
right invocation below.
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Joseph Jezak wrote:
>> The old PMAC_IDE driver is getting picked before the PATA_MACIO driver.
>> If you'd like to try the newer driver, you'll need to disable the old
>> one first.
>
> OK - I'll go back in a
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Joseph Jezak wrote:
> On 09/25/10 16:40, Mark Knecht wrote:
>
> Okay, let's try a few things now that we can boot the machine (even if
> it's not all the way!).
>
> First, lets mount proc:
> # mount -t procfs none /proc
>
OK - to me this doesn't look good:
#
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Klaus Müller wrote:
> Am 23.09.10 00:59, Mark Knecht wrote:
>>[snip]
>>Can anyone see what I've done wrong?
>
> Most likely nothing at all.
>
> Your hd may be faulty.
> I had a problem with such a hd some time ago
> (not on PPC, and a really old hd btw).
>
> No err
On 09/25/10 16:40, Mark Knecht wrote:
(snip)
> I cannot due to the same sort of message I get when trying to boot:
>
> e2fsck_check_if_mount: Can't check if filesystem is mounted due to
> missing mtab file
> fsck.ext3: Device or resource busy while trying to open /dev/hda4
> Filesystem mounted o
Am 23.09.10 00:59, Mark Knecht wrote:
>[snip]
>Can anyone see what I've done wrong?
Most likely nothing at all.
Your hd may be faulty.
I had a problem with such a hd some time ago
(not on PPC, and a really old hd btw).
No error was found by any hd-check.
[X]Ubuntu and Puppy installed, booted an
On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
>
>> Also, which version of udev are you using? I forgot to ask if you're
>> running ~ppc instead of ppc, you may want to try switching to the
>> PATA_MACIO driver in order for the system to work properly.
>
> udev would be whatever comes with a
On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
> 3) If this is a kernel config issue - and it seem plausible that it is
> - then I'll point out that the kernel config page of the Gentoo PPC
> Istall Guide had a possible command that didn't work for me:
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbo
On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Joseph Jezak wrote:
> None of these things are weird, they're expected!
>
Really? OK - cool then.
> When you start the system with "init=/bin/bash", the only thing your
> system does is start bash as the only process. Things like mounting
> proc, remounting the
On 09/25/10 07:45, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Joseph Jezak wrote:
>> My responses are inline this time. It's easier when there's so much
>> going on!
>>
>> On 09/23/10 16:41, Mark Knecht wrote:
>>> Two pictures posted:
>>>
>>> Top half of boot screen:
>>> http://www.f
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Joseph Jezak wrote:
> My responses are inline this time. It's easier when there's so much
> going on!
>
> On 09/23/10 16:41, Mark Knecht wrote:
>> Two pictures posted:
>>
>> Top half of boot screen:
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/29328...@n03/5018717650/
>>
>> B
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Enlightened User wrote:
> On Sep 24, 2010, at 4:30 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Joseph Jezak wrote:
>>>
>>> My responses are inline this time. It's easier when there's so much
>>> going on!
>>>
>>> On 09/23/10 16:41, Mark Knecht w
On Sep 24, 2010, at 4:30 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Joseph Jezak
wrote:
My responses are inline this time. It's easier when there's so much
going on!
On 09/23/10 16:41, Mark Knecht wrote:
Two pictures posted:
Top half of boot screen:
http://www.flickr.com/pho
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Joseph Jezak wrote:
> My responses are inline this time. It's easier when there's so much
> going on!
>
> On 09/23/10 16:41, Mark Knecht wrote:
>> Two pictures posted:
>>
>> Top half of boot screen:
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/29328...@n03/5018717650/
>>
>> B
My responses are inline this time. It's easier when there's so much
going on!
On 09/23/10 16:41, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Two pictures posted:
>
> Top half of boot screen:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/29328...@n03/5018717650/
>
> Bottom half of boot screen
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/29328...@n0
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Joseph Jezak wrote:
> On 09/23/10 12:17, Mark Knecht wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Joseph Jezak wrote:
>>
>>> mtab is generated on boot as you mount devices. It's not the problem here.
>>>
>>> Can you try adding this line to your yaboot config? It w
On 09/23/10 12:17, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Joseph Jezak wrote:
>
>> mtab is generated on boot as you mount devices. It's not the problem here.
>>
>> Can you try adding this line to your yaboot config? It will make the
>> system boot directly into a shell instead of
On 09/23/10 13:55, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 5:05 AM, wrote:
>> Mark,
>>
>> > However I note that I cannot run updatedb for slocate without
>> > also getting a message about /etc/mtab not existing. Should mtab exist
>> > withing the chroot?
>>
>> For certain things, it seem
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 5:05 AM, wrote:
> Mark,
>
> > However I note that I cannot run updatedb for slocate without
> > also getting a message about /etc/mtab not existing. Should mtab exist
> > withing the chroot?
>
> For certain things, it seems to be needed --- the amd64 handbook includes a
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Joseph Jezak wrote:
>
> mtab is generated on boot as you mount devices. It's not the problem here.
>
> Can you try adding this line to your yaboot config? It will make the
> system boot directly into a shell instead of starting init:
> ### Put this in the kernel s
On 09/22/10 23:33, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Joseph Jezak wrote:
>> On 09/22/10 18:59, Mark Knecht wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> OK, I'm dead tired. I admit it - yaboot has kicked my butt this
>>> time around. Can anyone help? I did post this problem here 2-3 weeks
>>> ago but
Mark,
> However I note that I cannot run updatedb for slocate without
> also getting a message about /etc/mtab not existing. Should mtab exist
> withing the chroot?
For certain things, it seems to be needed --- the amd64 handbook includes a
way to get it among the grub instructions.
By the wa
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Joseph Jezak wrote:
> On 09/22/10 18:59, Mark Knecht wrote:
>> Hi,
>> OK, I'm dead tired. I admit it - yaboot has kicked my butt this
>> time around. Can anyone help? I did post this problem here 2-3 weeks
>> ago but still haven't been able to solve the problem
On 09/22/10 18:59, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Hi,
> OK, I'm dead tired. I admit it - yaboot has kicked my butt this
> time around. Can anyone help? I did post this problem here 2-3 weeks
> ago but still haven't been able to solve the problem so I'm back to
> the well for another drink.
>
> The machi
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