Editing /etc/kboot.conf

[Derick Centeno]

Hi Michael:

Here's something you can do within YDL to help you find it.  It is the 
whereis command.  Here is an example of how it works.  In this example, 
I'm looking for the file yum.conf and asking whereis to find it for me.  
Although I don't have a PS3, I do have YDL 5 (for the Mac) so the 
behavior should be similar between our systems even though your version 
of YDL 5 is unique to the PS3.  This is how to use it:

[aguila at arakus ~]$ whereis yum.conf
yum: /usr/bin/yum /etc/yum.conf /etc/yum /usr/share/man/man8/yum.8.gz
[aguila at arakus ~]$

Explanation:
The first line is the proper way to use the whereis command to find the 
file yum.conf (or any other file).
The second line is the response from the system.  It is telling us that 
the file can be found in /etc/yum.conf.  As for the rest the system is 
merely listing other file names which contains "yum".  This means you do:

$ cd /etc

This takes you to the directory etc.  Then within that directory you 
proceed to look for that particular file you are searching for.  To edit 
that file you will have to use an editor you know how to work with.  
There are lots of editors in Linux: ed, sed, vim, vi and more.  It may 
be a good idea to find instructions either from man or info or from the 
web itself and look up there uses before using them.  As your current 
purpose is to modify kboot.conf it may be wise to choose the simplest 
editor -- ed -- just to do that.  You can learn the more complex editors 
such as vi/vim at another date.

To get basic help you could do either:

$man ed

or

$info ed

Best of Luck...

Michael Rockwell wrote:
>  Thanks in advance for any reply.
>  
>  I'm fairly new to working with YDL, and I am currently trying to 
> install the new Kernal on 5.0 for wireless Support Via the PS3.
>  
>  I have already installed the kernal (double clicked and put in root 
> password and it installed).
>  
>  
> Now via the instructions at terasoft, I have to edit /etc/kboot.conf
>  
>  This is where my problems start, I have no idea where to find this 
> file. I have used the search function, and have not been able to find 
> this file.
>  
>  Thanks in advance for any help.
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