MOL - Mac on LInux

[Eric D]

Well, I managed to get rpmbuild after discovering that its contained in 
rpm-build (yum install rpm-build). Last night I tried yum install rpm* and 
that didn't find it. Hmm. Just figured out that I should've done yum list 
rpm*.

Now I'm left with an error after doing a rpmbuild on the mol-kmods source 
rpm.

It tells me:
user and group samuel does not exist -- using root
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.77487 (%build)

<sigh>

I guess I'll mosy on over to the MOL mailing list and see what I have to do 
to get MOL kmods to have a kernel version number that matches mine precisely 
(mine is 2.4.22-2f, the one in the MOL that shipped with YDL 3.0.1 was 
2.4.22-2f.smp_something_something... and I certainly don't have a multi 
processor machine nor did the -a switch allow MOL to run).

Eric.

>From: "Eric D" <hideme666 at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Yellow Dog Linux General Discussion List 
><yellowdog-general at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
>To: yellowdog-general at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>Subject: Re: MOL - Mac on LInux
>Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 07:20:37 -0400
>
>Re: 3.0.1 had problems with MOL
>
>Can you (or anyone) elaborate on said problems
>
>I've discovered a thread on the maconlinux mailing list where someone 
>supposedly got MOL running on his box. I'm working my way through his 
>trouble-shooting process without the same success :( (one of my problems is 
>that I don't have rpmbuild... how does one get this?).
>
>Eric.
>
>PS Would Debian cause me fewer headaches overall? (running MOL isn't a 
>major issue for me) & I'm going to avoid YDL 4.0 until it hits at least 
>4.0.1!
>
>>From: Ryan Nix <rnix at prometheon.net>
>>Reply-To: Yellow Dog Linux General Discussion List 
>><yellowdog-general at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
>>To: Yellow Dog Linux General Discussion List 
>><yellowdog-general at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
>>Subject: Re: MOL - Mac on LInux
>>Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:39:27 -0500
>>
>>Which version of YDL?  3.0.1 had problems.
>>
>>4 is supposed to work althought I haven't tried it since downloading it 
>>yesterday.
>>
>>Eric D wrote:
>>
>>>Well, I tried to get MOL running without any success. The built-in 
>>>version wasn't happy (the kernel module for MOL was nearly the same 
>>>version as the kernel except with SMP appended). The -a flag wasn't 
>>>enough to get startmol running.
>>>
>>>Downloading MOL from the maconlinux site was an exercise in futility. The 
>>>RPM wouldn't install and building it from scratch also wasn't working. I 
>>>also lack rpmbuild which I can't seem to get from yum.
>>>
>>>Well, time for bed. Any thoughts people?
>>>
>>>I'm also wondering what is the best choice for Linux on a Mac? Is Debian 
>>>perhaps a better choice since it seems MOL is built for it (which to me 
>>>would suggest it's the more common install?)? Or is YDL the easiest 
>>>and/or most stable of all the Linuxes out there?
>>>
>>>Thanks, Eric.
>
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