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From: Ranthor'Tey'Blackwing <ranthor@×××××.org>
To: gentoo-ppc-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Problem with Booting built Kernel
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 12:34:42
Message-Id: 3FF2C256.6090801@devik.org
1 Still stuck unfortunately. I got it to boot thru yaboot and succeed in
2 second stage bootstrap...But i'm not sure
3 how or why, I can't repeat it.
4
5 However when it loaded, I got a kernel panic saying it couldn't load
6 root fs....
7
8 Thanks again
9 RtB
10
11 WR wrote:
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13 >That means yaboot hasnt been told the correct path to the vmlinux binary
14 >(or the binary isnt in the right place). You'll need to get back to your
15 >yaboot.conf install step and try to get that path correctly defined.
16 >Don't give up, I spent a ton of time on that same problem! Reread the
17 >docs, learn all the details of yaboot
18 >
19 >if you're still stuck let me know
20 >
21 >good luck!
22 >
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24 >
25 >On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 17:22, Ranthor'Tey'Blackwing wrote:
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28 >>Hello,
29 >>
30 >>When I try to boot up the kernel, I can get it to the screen which lets
31 >>you select your boot option like
32 >>OS X or Linux or Cdrom, however when I select Linux, it promptly errors
33 >>out and says
34 >>"Can not find second stage bootstrap"
35 >>
36 >>I tried asking for help on #gentoo-ppc as well as looking on bugzilla.
37 >>Neither of these provided any help.
38 >>
39 >>If you could perhaps supply any ideas or point me in the right place to
40 >>look, I would be most grateful.
41 >>
42 >>Thanks
43 >> RtB
44 >>
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