Aaarh OSX update 10.2.8

[Newsman]

On Tuesday 07 October 2003 10:33, Yellow Dog Linux wrote:
> My powerbook (1Ghz) got updated on Sunday with the 10.2.8(6R73) and now I
> can boot YDL.
>
> Is there any way around this?
>
> Thanks
>   Jonathan

I suppose you mean that you can't boot YDL. The first release of 10.2.8 
resulted in YDL (2.4.20-8d kernel) shutting down the laptop (12" Powerbook 
G4, 867Mhz) very early in the boot process. I reverted to OS X 10.2.6, but 
that didn't solve the problem (presumably due to the OS X update having 
changed the firmware). I subsequently fixed the problem by upgrading the 
kernel to version 2.4.22. You can find the 2.4.22 kernel source at http://
kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.22.tar.bz2, and the 2.4.22-ben2 
patch at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/benh/
patch-2.4.22-ben2.bz2. Unpack both files into the same directory and type 
"patch -p0 < patch-2.4.22-ben2." Then follow the instructions on building and 
installing a new kernel at http://yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/
ydl_general/kernels.shtml. Incidentally, updating to release 6R73 of OS X 
10.2.8 caused no problems with the 2.4.22 kernel installed.

HTH