Subject: Re: Kernel v2.2.10
From: Neil Jolly (njolly@home.com)
Date: Fri Aug 20 1999 - 01:16:14 MDT
"Scott R. Every" wrote:
> --On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 2:52 PM -0400 "Andrew B. Arthur"
> <arthur99@global2000.net> wrote:
>
> >> Does anyone know if I can boot YDL with kernel version 2.2.10?
> >> If so, is it a simple case of replacing the old with the new in the
> >> system folder? and has anyone tried it (please post results, feelings,
> >> etc etc).
> >
> > Your best bet (it you have around 100 megs free on the partition /usr) is
> > to build your own kernel, preferably from PowerPC-only tree, eg.
> > Linux-pmac. via cvs at (see cvs.openprojects.net for details) or by ftp at
> > ftp://devel.linuxppc.org/users/paulus/kernel-source/
> > (ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/linux-pmac doesn't work any more for non-.au
> > domains).
> >
> > You definitely want to stay away from Linus 2.2.1x (as found on
> > ftp.Kernel.org) since his kernel tree has lost sync from Linux-pmac making
> > Linus' 2.2.1x quite broken on the PowerPC :-(
>
> don't know how true this is as I just got 2.2.11 with ANS patches up and
> running on my ANS 700 with no problems....
I had no problems with 2.2.11 either. It compiled out of the box on my beige
G3.
Neil
>
>
> s
>
> >
> > To build a kernel, you do this for Linux-pmac kernel:
> >
> > make mrproper
> > make pmac_config (only if you got the linux-pmac)
> > make xconfig (Now you have to configure, what your kernel should
> > do/know -- you can also use 'make menuconfig' for an interface like the
> > RedHat installer or 'make config' for a command line interface)
> > make dep
> > make clean
> > make vmlinux
> > make modules
> > make modules_install
> >
> > Note: If it fails with an error about CHRP_boot, that's a bug in some
> > Kernel 2.2.x versions, you can usually just get around it by finding the
> > place were you are getting the error and comment it out.
> >
> > Then you just copy /boot/vmlinux to Mac Disk:System Folder:Linux
> > Kernels:vmlinux (using your favorite method -- such as mounting it if
> > it's a HFS partition, or using a Zip disk to get it onto a Mac partition,
> > or some other method).
> >
> > Yes, it's alot of steps, but it's worth it -- you'll get the drivers and
> > support for file systems you need, and not have unnecessary ones -- so
> > you'll use less memory, and everything will feel slightly faster.
> >
> > You can also just get a kernel binary (from
> > ftp://devel.linuxppc.org/users/paulus/kernel-binary/v2.2.10/), and pop it
> > into Mac Disk:System Folder:Linux Kernel:vmlinux. Then you need to untar
> > modules-x.x.xx.tar.gz into /. Finally copy system.map to /boot.
> >
> > As you can see, upgrading your kernel isn't exactly cake -- since it's a
> > major, major upgrade to your system (you are replacing it's guts).
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Andrew Arthur a.k.a. AArthur
> > arthur99@global2000.net
> > AIM: arthur998
>
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