Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2.12-2.ppc.rpm install, woe is me!
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Sun Oct 10 1999 - 12:58:13 MDT
Did you insmod hfs?
> Ok, I'm panicking now , have sent this message from the mac partition as
> linux is no more.
>
> I had a go at installing 2.2.12-2 to 'test' this experimental kernel (need
> the printer support).
> Well I installed it with rpm -Uvh kernel-2.2.12-2.ppc.rpm and I get an error
> saying it cannot remove
> "lib/modules/2.2.6-16bpmac" directory (not empty). Not to worry, can remove
> that later.
>
> So I go to copy the vmlinux file over to my exchange partition to get it
> into my
> mac system folder, well I find I cannot mount the partition ( ... kernel
> doen't support "hfs" file
> system??). Allright, I backtrack by trying to re-install my old kernel with
> rpm -U --oldpackage.
> However it can not find the old 2.2.6 files anywhere??? Where does rpm put
> the old files
> when it does an upgrade anyhow?? Locate coudn't find them (after updatedb of
> cource).
>
> Ok, so I thought I'd point rpm to the copy on the YD cd-rom drive, only to
> find that I
> cannot mount the drive. ( iso9660 not supported in this kernel!)
> aaarrrggghhh
>
> I guess to get my system up and running I need to get a copy of the
> vmlinux-2.2.12-2etc file into
> my system folder, I presume that is the main problem -- help please.
>
> I used the "rpm -U" install option, as the README file had no mention of
> using "rpm -I"
>
> Can someone please tell me how to recover from this, without having to
> re-install YD 2.2.6
> all over again. I have a (two-week old) backup of most files in my exchange
> partition, but I'd
> have to re-install 2.2.6 to be able to use it.
> Maybe someone can send me the vmlinux-2.2.12 file (if that is the problem).
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Bernie.
>
> --
>
> __________________________________________________
> Bernie Mentink.
>
> Christchurch, New Zealand.
> email: ebike@hotmail.com
> ebike@paradise.net.nz
> fax: 64-21-218-9791
> __________________________________________________
>
>
>
>
Dan
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Yellow Dog Linux
"The Ultimate Companion for a Dedicated Server"
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2a24 : Tue Nov 02 1999 - 16:20:57 MST