Upgrade Mac OS X 10.2.8 stops 2.4.21-ben2
Hi all,
This is just a warning message for those having a Mac OS X and Linux
install on the same machine.
Details:
This is what I have:
cpu : 7455, altivec supported
clock : 667MHz
revision : 3.2 (pvr 8001 0302)
bogomips : 665.19
machine : PowerBook3,5
motherboard : PowerBook3,5 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh
board revision : 00000000
detected as : 80 (PowerBook Titanium IV)
pmac flags : 0000000b
L2 cache : 256K unified
memory : 768MB
pmac-generation : NewWorld
I'm running Debian 3.0.r.1 (testing/unstable) on the same hard disk
where OS X has its own partition(s)
Yesterday I installed the Mac OS X 10.2.8 upgrade to the machine
above: After this, I couldn't boot again to my default kernel which at
this time was 2.4.21-ben2 (I had compiled this kernel on the machine
above).
This whole situation brought me a lot of extra work for a weekend that
I actually had planned for nothing else than TV, some Jim Beam and the
exploration of the deeper secrets of fetchmail ... :)
What saved me in the end, probably, was the fact I had a second, older
fallback Kernel (kernel-image-2.4.20-powerpc) in /boot, *and* indexed
in yaboot.conf :), which still booted after the OS X upgrade (better:
It booted without problems after having stopped cupsys from starting
at boot time).
kernel-image-2.4.20-powerpc was not build on my machine: I (probably)
installed it after a download after a "apt-get install", or something
like that ...
I was lucky enough to suceed this night in building (even at the
first build run .... :), and booting a new 2.4.22-ben2 kernel.
I don't think I could have fixed the system so fast without this
second rescue kernel in /boot ...
And last, but not least: Thanks to all the coders out there, writing
the sources for the kernel, drm-trunk, XFree and so much more: I would
have been lost this week-end without your excellent work.
Best Regards,
Wolfgang
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