Updating the kernel and MOL

Daniel Juan daniel.juan at gmail.com
Wed Dec 22 01:01:41 MST 2004


mines  r located here 

[root at localhost root]# cd /
[root at localhost /]# find / -name yum
/etc/logrotate.d/yum
/etc/log.d/scripts/services/yum
/etc/rc.d/init.d/yum
/usr/share/yum
/usr/bin/yum
/var/cache/yum
[root at localhost /]# find / -name ybin
/sbin/ybin
[root at localhost /]#



On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:50:37 +1100, steve s <s_sandrussi at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I tried /usr/sbin/ybin -v but still no success. Here is the result:
> 
> [root at localhost sbin]# /usr/sbin/ybin -v
> bash: /usr/sbin/ybin: No such file or directory
> 
> >From what you said before:
> 
> Sounds like yum is not in your path.
> 
> I dont know where yum is at all. My KFind is stuffed up for some reason.
> When I try search for any file with KFind it freezes up and then I need to
> close the window so I can be prompted to kill the process. This is another
> of the problems I am hoping the kernel upgrade will solve.
> 
> Anyone know whats wrong?
> 
> Thanks Olaf
> 
> >From: Olaf Olson <oolson at hadleyconnection.com>
> >Reply-To: Yellow Dog Linux Newbie List
> ><yellowdog-newbie at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> >To: Yellow Dog Linux Newbie List
> ><yellowdog-newbie at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> >Subject: Re: Updating the kernel and MOL
> >Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 22:31:21 -0800
> >
> >Steve,
> >
> >Sounds like yum is not in your path. Mine is located in the sbin directory,
> >Maybe you should try:
> >
> >/usr/sbin/ybin -v
> >
> >instead. You may not have loaded your machine the same as mine, although I
> >did just use the defaults when I installed, so this may work out anyway.
> >Give this a shot.
> >
> >Olaf
> >
> >steve s wrote:
> >
> >>Hey
> >>
> >>I am having trouble updating my kernel. I used yum update to download the
> >>new kernel but the system is still using the old one. I checked the /boot
> >>directory and saw that the new kernel files were there. Still not knowing
> >>what to do,I looked in the mailing list and found a solution that pointed
> >>to this link,
> >>http://www.sharplabs.com:8668/space/Configuring+YDL/Kernel+Errors+and+Mac+On+Linux,
> >>and followed the instructions to update my yaboot.conf file. This is it,
> >>any problems with the changes I made?
> >>
> >>****** my yabbot.conf file *****
> >>
> >># yaboot.conf generated by anaconda
> >>
> >>boot=/dev/hda2
> >>init-message="Welcome to Yellow Dog Linux! Hit <TAB> for boot options."
> >>partition=5
> >>timeout=30
> >>install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
> >>magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
> >>delay=10
> >>enablecdboot
> >>macosx=/dev/hdb9
> >>
> >>image=/vmlinux-2.6.9-1.ydl.7
> >>     label=linux
> >>     read-only
> >>     initrd=/initrd-2.6.9-1.ydl.7.img
> >>     root=/dev/hda3
> >>     append="rhgb quiet"
> >>
> >>image=/vmlinux-2.6.8-1.ydl.7
> >>     label=linux (Old Kernel)
> >>     read-only
> >>     initrd=/initrd-2.6.8-1.ydl.7.img
> >>     root=/dev/hda3
> >>     append="rhgb quiet"
> >>
> >>******************************************
> >>After making the changes I then tried to run ybin -v as root like the
> >>solution suggested but get the follwoing message:
> >>
> >>[root at localhost etc]# ybin -v
> >>bash: ybin: command not found
> >>
> >>Would anybody have any ideas. I followed the soolution and even copied and
> >>pasted the ybin -v command at the prompt and still get the message.
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>
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