Newbie MOL question

[Krischan Keitsch]

Hey!

You got it right - almost. Only thing missing is that you are still booting 
the "old" (2.6.8-bla.bla) kernel. In order to boot with the appropriete 
kernel you will need to edit the following file:

/etc/yaboot.conf

Add the following lines:

default=2.6.9 (this line defines the defalt kernel to boot)
 
image=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.9-1.ydl.8
 label=2.6.9
 read-only
 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.9-1.ydl.8.img
 root=/dev/hda4
 append="rhgb quiet"

and set the default to the new kernel by running ybin:
login as root (switch to a terminal by pressing Crtl + Alt + F1 .. F6)
and run /sbin/ybin.

That's it! (Ah, reboot first ;-)

When MOL starts in full screen mode it uses F8 as default (Well, it does on my 
iBook at least). You can switch back to F7 (where X is running) by pressing 
Ctrl + Alt + F7.

Good luck.

Krischan
Am Donnerstag, 3. Februar 2005 21:05 schrieb Julie Sadler:
> #1: I am a super newbie to linux, like 3 days old. So lets keep it simple,
> thanx...(I am a 20 year mac user however)
>
> We successfully loaded YDL on a bwG3 and we are attempting to MOL.
> At first, we could load MOL, and it would take over the screen, denying any
> access to linux. From screenshots I see on the web--I should see MOL inside
> of linux.  I saw a message about KDE missing something flash on the screen
> right before the machine entered X. Went to yum, and did a yum update. It
> found many little pieces and downloaded them all successfully. NOW here is
> the problem.
> When I start MOL...i get this--NO MOL anymore:(
>
> No mol-0.9.71 kernel modules corresponding to the running
>   2.6.8-1.ydl.7 kernel were found ('startmol --list' displays
>   installed version). Recompile the mol kernel modules (recommended)
>   or try starting MOL as root using the '-a' switch. The '-a'
>   flag can be made default by the 'allow_kver_mismatch: yes' setting.
>
> I did startmol  -- list and got this
>
>  Running kernel:         2.6.8-1.ydl.7
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>   Available modules:
>     2.6.9-1.ydl.8         in /usr/lib/mol/0.9.71
>     2.6.9-1.ydl.8smp-smp  in /usr/lib/mol/0.9.71
> I am now lost. What do I do now?
> I don't understand the -a switch. I don't know how to compile the kernel,
> although I have spent 2 hours on the web reading umpteen posts. Can anyone
> advise, point me to the answer on the web....Help?
> Thanx.
> J>
>
>
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