Subject: Re: Errors...
From: Jeremiah Merkl (merkjj@uleth.ca)
Date: Wed Mar 28 2001 - 10:12:53 MST
sorry, no more ideas from me... it should work, if that's the actual name of your
System.map file in /boot.
Try the symlink thing, just as an off chance...but otherwise that's all the help
I can offer.
-JM
Susan Midlarsky wrote:
> 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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