Re: Upgrading Mac-side kernel for BootX

[Russell Hires <rhires@earthlink.net>]

If you keep your kernels in a folder in your system folder, I suggest  
putting the kernel folder on your shared partition, and then making an alias 
of that folder and putting the alias in your system folder. That way when you 
copy the vmlinux file over to the kernel folder and then reboot, your newly 
copied kernel will be available in the BootX kernel menu...

HTH

Russell 

On Sunday 30 December 2001 11:10 am, William  C Brennan wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Okay, I'm ready to take the plunge and upgrade my kernel (first to
> the most recent potato, then probably to woody), but I'm a fairly
> naive user, so I could use a little help.
>
> I've got an OldWorld Mac (PowerMac 7200) which means I'm using BootX
> (ver 1.2.2) by necessity.  BootX requires the Linux kernel to be
> saved as a file on a Mac partition.
>
> My question is: How do I obtain and write a kernel into a Mac file
> partition?  I do have a shared partition (HFS, visible via MacOS or
> Linux) which I can use to transfer data between the 2 operating
> systems.  If someone could point me to a document, or give me a
> little direction, I would be most grateful.
>
> Thanks!
>
>     -- Bill