Based upon a communication with a Champion Server 1.2.1 customer, the following offers a temporary upgrade opportunity for those who desire to test the 2.4.x kernel prior to the release of YDL 2.0.
My questions are:
- There is a .conf file named
If your yaboot.conf file has back slashes (\\), then it is looking on the Mac OS side, in the System Folder. If it has forward slashes (//) then it is looking on the Linux side, most likely in a dir called /boot/
Place the g4 kernel in your system folder and rename it to 'vmlinux'. You should be able to boot like you did with the previous kernel
- When the beta kernel boots up it doesn't recognize the second processor (is this because of the .conf file?).
The g4 beta support > 512MB RAM, not dual processors. Currently dual processor support on the g4 is not stable, we are hoping to have it working soon.
- Some of the error message we get are: (is this because of the .conf file?)
No, YDL was designed to use stable 2.2 series Kernels. The g4 beta kernel is a bleeding edge 2.4 Kernel, which has several structural differences. The errors occur because the system expects a 2.2 kernel. I have been using this kernel since I built it, once the details are ironed out it runs great; you'll be happy to benefit from the added speed of the 2.4 Kernel over the 2.2!
(1) lib/modes/2.2.17/modules.dep - fail on boot
The beta kernel is compiled not to use modules, you can ignore this message. If there is any hardware you need to use not supported by the beta kernel I can build a new one for you
[snip]
(3) Can't open mouse (no such device)
login as root
then type:
cd /dev
mkdir input
mknod input/mouse c 13 63
rm usbmouse
ln -s input/mouse usbmouse
(4) Mouse console services fail to start
[this will be fixed in #3 above]
