RE: Problem with Kernel Installation
Derick,
Thanks for the reply. I looked into it and finally found that the
problem was that I was compiling a zImage, not a vmlinux. I also was
not copying the System.map file over to the /boot directory after
compiling. My kernel now works :)
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Douglas G. Phillips
ITS/User Services
Eastern Illinois University
ICQ: 114829785
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"To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer." -Philip
Howard
: -----Original Message-----
: From: Derrik Pates [mailto:dpates@dsdk12.net]
: Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 9:54 PM
: To: Douglas G. Phillips
: Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
: Subject: Re: Problem with Kernel Installation
:
:
: On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Douglas G. Phillips wrote:
:
: > I built my own kernel, and installed it into the /boot
: directory. I
: > also copied the kernel into the "Linux Kernels" directory
: under MacOS.
: > But when I try to boot the new kernel, the machine hangs
: without even
: > trying to boot the kernel (i.e., it hangs while still in
: MacOS). The
: > stock kernel works just fine. What am I doing wrong?
:
: Are you sure you're using the right kernel image format for
: what BootX expects? Have you checked its documentation to see
: which kernel format it is supposed to load (ELF, XCOFF,
: compressed, uncompressed, etc.)?
:
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