Andrew Montague wrote:

I read on one of the yaboot FAQs that kernel 2.2.15 or greater is required for Yaboot to work. Unfortunately, I have 2.2.14 (SuSE 6.4). I would like to use the latest kernel but I believe 2.4.0 is not ready for the PPC. What is the most recent kernel available for the PPC? Is there any good FAQs on how to upgrade the kernel on the PPC?

This is strange, since I have successfully used yaboot with kernel 2.2.14 (SuSE 6.4) on a B/W G3... I have read somewhere that OS 9 ships vith a version of Drive Setup that is not compatible with Linux booting (sorry, don't remember where I saw it), so your problems may come from there. Try formatting your drive(s) with Drive Setup 1.7.3 (see http://asu.info.apple.com). And take a look at the "README_" file on CD#1: it tells how to use the generate_os_chooser script, the easiest way for configuring the os_chooser file. regards nicola

Andrew, I have SUSE 7.0 PPC and have tried the 2.2.16 kernel that comes with SUSE. I have rolled my own, tried the 2.4.1RPM from SUSE and have settled on the 2.2.18RPM from SUSE and also have the 2.2.18 sources from kernel.org in /usr/src/ The official stable kernel for PPC is the 2.2.18 and I must say it is rock solid stable with not a murmur in my console which pleases me to say the least. I recommend that for the time being. However, it differs from machine to machine and although the SUSE RPM kernels are rolled for a wide variety of users, i would certainly back up essential items in your /boot and /lib/modules/ and /usr/src directorys just in case. You can get the above kernel RPMs from ftp.suse.com/pub/ppc/ Upgrading was as easy as installing any RPM. rpm -Uvh <rpm_name> Again, none of this will work if you don't have the 800k Apple bootstrap invisible partition, so be prepared for repartitioning if you haven't yet prepared it. This shoudln't be mistaken for the Linux Boot partition that is mentioned in the SUSE handbook. Check http://linuxppc.org/hardware/blueg3 for more info on your box. There are kernels there rolled for your machine although they are not SUSE kernels. Whether that makes any difference, I don't know. let me know how you get on. joss On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 08:55:52AM +0000, Andrew Montague wrote:

Joss,

Thanks for your help.

I read on one of the yaboot FAQs that kernel 2.2.15 or greater is required for Yaboot to work. Unfortunately, I have 2.2.14 (SuSE 6.4). I would like to use the latest kernel but I believe 2.4.0 is not ready for the PPC. What is the most recent kernel available for the PPC? Is there any good FAQs on how to upgrade the kernel on the PPC?

Andrew

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Can you explain how you got yaboot working? I have a B+W G3 with 2 hard drives. On my master drive I have OS9, OS X and Linux, I use my slave for back-up purposes. I have a linux bootstrap partition, in HFS format on the Master drive. I can't get yaboot to boot into Linux. I have to boot up from the CD,

Andrew Montague

Sure, I'll try to help. I used the very detailed instructions found at <http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ybin/doc/yaboot-faq.html>. The link to 'how to partion my hard drive?' and getting a decent Apple_bootstrap partition set up was essential reading for me.

First, a couple of questions, can you send me your yaboot.conf and is your bootstrap partition an invisible 800k partition? Not a 'Linux Boot' partition that suse suggests setting up. suse botch yaboot into working. using ybin/yaboot and a bootstrap takes some patience but seems to me a much cleaner way of booting up. Please make sure you have the latest ybin package.

cheers

joss -- http://www.josswinn.org/PGP_key.html

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