reinstall using woody boot-floppies. On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 12:16:43PM -0700, Jeffrey C. Long wrote: > >> upon boot, yaboot successfully launches and shows me an icon of the > >> linux harddrive, but when it is selected, it says it cannot find the > >> kernel. > > > >Are you referring to the graphical boot menu that appears when you hold > >down 'option' during boot? > > yes. > > > >If you boot from the installation disk again and start the installer, you > >can then switch to the second virtual console (type command-F2 ... or was > >it the third console?) and get a shell. You can then mount your root > >partition and try to see what's wrong. > > unfortunately this presupposes a bit of linux understanding which i am hoping > to learn by installing and working on linux. :) it's a circular problem... > i need to know how to use it to fix it so i can learn how to use it, so > i can.... > > my knowledge so far does include opening a shell from the installer. and > i assume my redhat linux and linux for dummies books have info on mounting. > but would you mind spelling it out (mounting), and what i should look for > once i've mounted it? thanks. > > >If you need more specific ideas of where to look, write back. > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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