help w/ ppc kernel upgrade. debian 3.1 mac mini

[Aaron Anderson]

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I am looking for a walkthrough or howto to upgrade the kernel on my mac mini
debian system.

It currently has a vanilla install of Debian Sarge 3.1 kernel 2.6.8

I need to upgrade the kernel to provide audio hardware support.

I have tried to install a kernel that is prepackaged from ppckernel.org but
I am unable to make it boot properly. The kernel gets scared, and cannot
mount a partition (3,3) I believe I am not configuring yaboot properly.


Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Anton Ertl]

Post by Aaron Anderson
I am looking for a walkthrough or howto to upgrade the kernel on my mac mini
debian system.

Well, after installing the Linux kernel and its modules, my
.bash_history contains:

emacs /etc/yaboot.conf &
ybin
reboot

Post by Aaron Anderson
I have tried to install a kernel that is prepackaged from ppckernel.org but
I am unable to make it boot properly. The kernel gets scared, and cannot
mount a partition (3,3) I believe I am not configuring yaboot properly.

Do you have a root line in your yaboot.conf, and is it set up
properly?

Here you find parts of my yaboot.conf (from an iBook):

## yaboot.conf generated by debian-installer
##
## run: "man yaboot.conf" for details. Do not make changes until you have!!
## see also: /usr/share/doc/yaboot/examples for example configurations.
##
## For a dual-boot menu, add one or more of:
## bsd=/dev/hdaX, macos=/dev/hdaY, macosx=/dev/hdaZ

boot=/dev/hda5
device=/***@f4000000/ata-***@d/***@0:
partition=2
root=/dev/hda2
timeout=100
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
enablecdboot

#a self-built kernel without initrd
image=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.9-perfctr-patched
label=sarge-2.6.9
read-only

#a Debian-supplied kernel
image=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.8-powerpc
label=sarge-2.6.8
read-only
initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-powerpc


- anton

[Aaron Anderson]

I figured it out. I had to remove the initrd.img line from the .conf file.
strarted right up :)

thanks.

Post by Anton Ertl

Post by Aaron Anderson
I am looking for a walkthrough or howto to upgrade the kernel on my mac mini
debian system.

Well, after installing the Linux kernel and its modules, my
emacs /etc/yaboot.conf &
ybin
reboot

Post by Aaron Anderson
I have tried to install a kernel that is prepackaged from ppckernel.org but
I am unable to make it boot properly. The kernel gets scared, and cannot
mount a partition (3,3) I believe I am not configuring yaboot properly.

Do you have a root line in your yaboot.conf, and is it set up
properly?
## yaboot.conf generated by debian-installer
##
## run: "man yaboot.conf" for details. Do not make changes until you have!!
## see also: /usr/share/doc/yaboot/examples for example configurations.
##
## bsd=/dev/hdaX, macos=/dev/hdaY, macosx=/dev/hdaZ
boot=/dev/hda5
partition=2
root=/dev/hda2
timeout=100
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
enablecdboot
#a self-built kernel without initrd
image=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.9-perfctr-patched
label=sarge-2.6.9
read-only
#a Debian-supplied kernel
image=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.8-powerpc
label=sarge-2.6.8
read-only
initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-powerpc
- anton
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