Re: iMac G5 "windfarm"
On 12/30/20 11:55 PM, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> Right now, it apparently is an older version:
>
> Linux PPC970FX 4.16.0-1-powerpc64 #1 SMP Debian 4.16.5-1 (2018-04-29) ppc64 GNU/Linux
Way too old.
> But yaboot doesn't find it, so I have to boot "old". Maybe this is part of the issue.
>
> TO me vimlinux seems as correct as vmlinux.old
>
> yaboot has:
>
> image=/vmlinux
> label=Linux
> read-only
> initrd=/initrd.img
>
> image=/vmlinux.old
> label=old
> read-only
> initrd=/initrd.img.old
>
> so it looks all fine to me, why should "old" work and Linux not?
You need to make sure the symbolic links point to the correct kernel and initrd versions.
Another reason why I prefer GRUB over Yaboot ;-).
Adrian
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