It boots now!

Wed Nov 26 13:02:02 2003

Great thanks for you guys!  It boots now.  I guess the oldconfig did the =
first trick which made "make modules" success. I was doing make =
menuconfig and keep all setting as default.  However, make modules =
failed on floppy support.

Eddie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ghannon@cspi.com [mailto:ghannon@cspi.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 6:59 AM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: Re: YDL 3.0.1 boot from issue.
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> Gavin Hemphill wrote:
> > Unless your make modules completes you really have not=20
> built the kernel
> > successfully.  You should look into why make modules isn't working.
> >    G++
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> I agree.    I'm not sure if there's a "building the kernel" on the YDL
> site,
> but I build it up completely as follows:
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> cd  /usr/src/linux
> make mrproper
> cp configs/whatever_matches_your_machine.config   .config
> make oldconfig
> make dep
> make
> make modules
> make modules_install
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> That should get you going.
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> G
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> Gavin Hemphill <hemphill@cdr1-12.accesscable.net> on=20
> 11/25/2003 09:51:56 PM
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> Please respond to yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
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> To:   yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> cc:    (bcc: Gary Hannon/CSP)
> Subject:  Re: YDL 3.0.1 boot from issue.
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> Unless your make modules completes you really have not built=20
> the kernel
> successfully.  You should look into why make modules isn't working.
>      G++
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> yiding_wang@agilent.com wrote:
> >>As root make an initrd with "mkinrd /boot/initrd-2.4.23-050bnew.img
> 2.4.23-050bnew" and add it into your yaboot.conf and run ybin.
> >
> > I tried with /lib/modules/2.4.23-0.5.0b directory for=20
> initrd image. It
> gives the same result - system hang on white screen.
> >
> > I don't have modules for new built kernel since "make=20
> modules" command
> failed to compile modules.  Kernel "vmlinux" was made OK. This is the
> source 2.4.23-0.5.0b from Terra Soft.
> >
> > Eddie
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> >>[mailto:yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> ]On Behalf
> >>Of Gavin Hemphill
> >>Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 1:01 PM
> >>To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> >>Subject: Re: YDL 3.0.1 boot from issue.
> >>
> >>
> >>As root make an initrd with
> >>"mkinrd /boot/initrd-2.4.23-050bnew.img 2.4.23-050bnew"
> >>and add it into your yaboot.conf and run ybin.
> >>
> >>I don't know if they play any special games with the G5 initrd but I
> >>suspect not.
> >>   G++
> >>
> >>yiding_wang@agilent.com wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Folks,
> >>>
> >>>I have YDL 3.0.1 on G5 system.  Through the help of Terra
> >>
> >>Soft, I got kernel 2.4.23-0.5.0b kernel image and source and
> >>the kernel image can boot now.  Because the source mismatched
> >>the boot kernel somewhere, my driver compiled under this
> >>kernel source will no load due to a bunch of unresolved
> >>symbols.  This is a typical boot kernel and compiled kernel
> >>environment mismatch case under linux x86.  So I decided to
> >>rebuild the kernel with the kernel source.
> >>
> >>>Kernel rebuilt OK and new built "vmlinux' and "System.map"
> >>
> >>are copied to /boot with proper soft linked name.
> >>yaboot.conf is updated with an additional entry of new
> >>kernel. ybin was run.
> >>
> >>>Then reboot with boot option of new boot label.  However,
> >>
> >>boot stopped at white screen with message:
> >>
> >>>... ok
> >>>opening display /pci@0, f0000000/ATY, SimoneParent@10/ATY,
> >>
> >>Simone_B@1_
> >>
> >>>It hung on that screen and never goes to linux boot.
> >>>
> >>>Here is my new entry in yaboot.conf:
> >>>
> >>>image=3D/boot/vmlinux-2.4.23-050bnew
> >>>    root=3D/dev/sda4
> >>>    label=3D2.4.23-050bnew
> >>>    read-only
> >>>    append=3D"hda=3Dide-scsi video=3Dofonly"
> >>>
> >>>This is in addition to bootable kernel entry
> >>
> >>"vmlinux-2.4.23-0.5.0b".  Only thing different is missing the
> >>line of "initrd=3D/boot/initrd-2.4.23-0.5.0b.img" since new
> >>built kernel doesn't have that image.
> >>
> >>>Any help is appreciated!
> >>>
> >>>Eddie
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