Subject: RE: Change Bootx kernel directory?
From: Aake Svensson (aakesve@algonet.se)
Date: Wed Aug 22 2001 - 14:19:58 MDT
>Compiling kernels every week to get things going? Eeeeeek! Don't tell
>the Windoze folks. <g>
>
>Pete
>"Windows 2000 not found: (C)heer, (P)arty, (D)ance?"
Certainly not Pete! I think that whats going is the compiling itself
- why? Maybe all the userfriendliness of other OS's makes one stupid
and yet without control of whats happening.
Aake, Compilated
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Aake Svensson [mailto:aakesve@algonet.se]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 8:33 AM
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Subject: Re: Change Bootx kernel directory?
>
>
>Thanks! The 'name completion' thing seems just what I need! Rebooting
>in MacOS takes to long and it seems I'm compiling new kernels every
>week to get things working.
>
>Regards,
>
>Aake Svensson
>
>
>
>>Well, there are two really quick ways that I use. Either a) use name
>>complition on the command line (type System, hit tab, type Linux hit
>tab),
>>or b) just move the kernel to some place convient on the mac partition,
>>boot into the mac side (you are going to have to reboot anyway...) and
>>move it into the correct folder from there...
>>
>>Either way, unless you are doing some crazy development stuff, you are
>>unlikely to need to perform the operation on anything like a regular
>>basis, so speed is probably not terribly essential...
>>
>>
>>
>>On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Aake Svensson wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry to bring you more Newbie problems!
>>>
>>> When compiling new kernels for a Bootx (Old world ) machine they
>>> need to copied to '/mnt/"drive"/System Folder/Linux Kernels' and in
>>> console mode (quickest for an old 7600) it seems one can't reach any
>>> MacOs directory with space characters in their name. Is there a way
>>> to rename the driectory for kernels for Bootx or to change its
>>> preferences?
>>>
>>> regards,
>>>
>>> Aake Svensson, Sweden
>>>
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