Updating the kernel and MOL

[steve s]

I think I know why I got this problem now. I checked my emails and saw my 
yaboot.conf file. I made a mistake with the image and initrd file names.

Wrong yaboot.conf

# 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"

I t should be like this:

# 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.8
label=linux2
read-only
initrd=/initrd-2.6.9-1.ydl.8.img
root=/dev/hda3
append="rhgb quiet"

image=/vmlinux-2.6.8-1.ydl.7
label=linux
read-only
initrd=/initrd-2.6.8-1.ydl.7.img
root=/dev/hda3
append="rhgb quiet"

I am reading something from the YDLFAQ site, 
http://www.sharplabs.com:8668/space/Installing+YDL/BootX%2C+Yaboot+and+the+OF. 
I dont know if this will help me.

Any help!



>From: "steve s" <s_sandrussi at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Yellow Dog Linux Newbie List 
><yellowdog-newbie at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
>To: yellowdog-newbie at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>Subject: Re: Updating the kernel and MOL
>Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:35:37 +1100
>
>I found ybin in  /sbin, ran the command and rebooted. Now I cant start 
>linux because it cant find the kernel. I get stuck at the boot options 
>screen and get an error message it cant find the kernel.
>
>Is there anyway to change yaboot.conf and run ybin -v again so I can get it 
>back to using the old kernel and try again fom there or should I just 
>reinstall?
>
>>From: Derick Centeno <aguilarojo at verizon.net>
>>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: 22 Dec 2004 04:57:27 -0500
>>
>>On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 22:18, steve s wrote:
>>
>> > 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
>>
>>Just considering some simple possiblities:
>>
>>1.  Did you take the time to discover that you have ybin actually
>>installed and where it may be located?
>>
>>When you are back at # try using whereis as in:
>>#whereis ybin
>>
>>Then Linux should tell you in which directory it is in.  Go to where it
>>is located, or as some would say, where it "lives" and invoke it.  IF it
>>is in /etc then go there:
>>
>>[root at dune etc]# ./ybin -v
>>
>>then see what happens.
>>
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