no bootloader found, Cannot configure kernel

[james T]

old world macs using bootx don't get configured automatically by yum,  
and that is what the message is telling you. You need to copy the new  
kernel over to the mac boot side and put it in the System Folder/Linux  
Kernels folder, then select it with bootX and save the prefs.

-james

On Dec 9, 2003, at 9:59 AM, Shawn Protsman wrote:

> I finally got Yellow Dog 3.0 installed on my PowerCenter Pro 240 and  
> immediately ran "yum update".  It ran through it's routine and  
> everything appeared to going quite well.  Toward the end, however, I  
> noticed the following:
>
> <snip>
> Kernel Updated/Installed, checking for bootloader
> No bootloader found, Cannot configure kernel, continuing.
> Installed: kernel.ppc kernel-smp.ppc
> <snip>
>
> Wuz up?
>
> I then added the following lines to my yum.conf:
>
> [updates301]
> name=Yellow Dog Linux 3.0.1 updates
> baseurl=ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/yum/3.0.1/update/
> ~
> ~
> ~
> ~
> "/etc/yum.conf" 19L, 577C written
>
> Then I ran "upate" again:
>
> [root@pyro sprotsman]# yum update
> Gathering package information from servers
> Getting headers from: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 base
> Getting headers from: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 updates
> Getting headers from: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0.1 updates
> Finding updated packages
> Downloading needed headers
> getting /var/cache/yum/updates301/headers/kernel-0-2.4.22-2g.ppc.hdr
> getting /var/cache/yum/updates301/headers/mol-0-0.9.69-1a.ppc.hdr
> getting  
> /var/cache/yum/updates301/headers/kernel-smp-0-2.4.22-2g.ppc.hdr
> getting  
> /var/cache/yum/updates301/headers/mol-kmods-0-0.9.69 
> -3.2.4.22.2g.ppc.hdr
> getting  
> /var/cache/yum/updates301/headers/kernel-source-0-2.4.22-2g.ppc.hdr
> getting  
> /var/cache/yum/base/headers/cups-drivers-pnm2ppa-0-1.9 
> -1.20020617.6.ppc.hdr
> getting  
> /var/cache/yum/updates301/headers/kernel-doc-0-2.4.22-2g.ppc.hdr
> getting  
> /var/cache/yum/updates301/headers/kernel-ans-0-2.4.22-2d.ppc.hdr
> getting  
> /var/cache/yum/updates301/headers/kernel-BOOT-0-2.4.22-2g.ppc.hdr
> getting /var/cache/yum/base/headers/timeconfig-0-3.2.9-1.ppc.hdr
> getting  
> /var/cache/yum/base/headers/cups-drivers-hpijs-0-1.9 
> -1.20020617.6.ppc.hdr
> getting  
> /var/cache/yum/base/headers/cups-drivers-0-1.9-1.20020617.6.ppc.hdr
> Resolving dependencies
> Dependencies resolved
> I will do the following:
> [install: kernel.ppc]
> [install: kernel-smp.ppc]
> [update: mol.ppc]
> [update: mol-kmods.ppc]
> Is this ok [y/N]: y
> Getting kernel-2.4.22-2g.ppc.rpm
> Getting mol-0.9.69-1a.ppc.rpm
> Getting kernel-smp-2.4.22-2g.ppc.rpm
> Getting mol-kmods-0.9.69-3.2.4.22.2g.ppc.rpm
> Calculating available disk space - this could take a bit
> kernel 100 % done
> No module aic7xxx found for kernel 2.4.22-2g, aborting.
> mkinitrd failed
> error: execution of %post scriptlet from kernel-2.4.22-2g failed, exit  
> status 1
> kernel-smp 100 % done
> No module aic7xxx found for kernel 2.4.22-2gsmp, aborting.
> mkinitrd failed
> error: execution of %post scriptlet from kernel-smp-2.4.22-2g failed,  
> exit status 1
> mol-kmods 100 % done
> mol 100 % done
> Kernel Updated/Installed, checking for bootloader
> No bootloader found, Cannot configure kernel, continuing.
> Installed:  kernel.ppc kernel-smp.ppc
> Updated:  mol.ppc mol-kmods.ppc
> Transaction(s) Complete
>
> [root@pyro sprotsman]# uname -a
> Linux pyro 2.4.23-pre5-ben0 #1 SMP Thu Oct 23 09:38:45 EST 2003 ppc  
> ppc ppc GNU/Linux
>
> [root@pyro sprotsman]# cat /etc/issue
> Yellow Dog Linux release 3.0 (Sirius)
> Kernel \r on an \m
>
> Any ideas you have will be helpful.  I'm not sure what the aic7xxx is  
> referring to.
>
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