Subject: Re: Errors...
From: Susan Midlarsky (susanrm@MIT.EDU)
Date: Wed Mar 28 2001 - 08:42:33 MST
Hi JM and all,
I tried running startmol System.map-2.2.18-4hpmac (current kernel),
of course logged in as root (even I know that much! :-) ). Same
errors. Any clues? Is it to do with the particular kernel I am
running?
Thanks,
Susan
>are you running startmol as root the first time? Only root has enough privs
>to actually patch the kernel at runtime.
>
>You only have to do it once per restart...there's documentation out there
>though to fix it so that the MOL patches are applied at startup, but I don't
>know where those are or what they are.
>
>The other catch is, in your /boot the files may not be called "vmlinux" or
>"System.map"....mine had the kernel version after them, so it was
>"vmlinux-2.2.17" and "System.map-2.2.17" or something like that. Your
>options are to type "startmol System.map-2.2.17" or, as root symlink
>System.map-2.2.17 to System.map......just remember to fix the symlink if you
>ever upgrade/change your kernel.
>
>HTH
>
>-- JM
>
>> Having gotten great help to get the Mac OS ROM, I'm still stuck
>> getting started.
>> When I do startmol, I get, "Mac-on-Linux 0.9.54, .... This kernel is
>> NOT runtime patched.
>> Trying to apply MOL runtime patches.
>> *** Failed applying the MOL-patches to the kernel ***
>> *** Try 'startmol vmlinux' or 'startmol System.map ***
>>
>> This is the error I've gotten forever. Any clues what to do next? Of
>> course the "Try..." suggestions don't work, return the same error.
>>
>> I have looked at the list archives and find no help initially.
> >
> > Thanks for any input!
> >
> > Susan Midlarsky
> >
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