Pegasos is NOT esoteric

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Matt Sealey

what do you mean ?

Hi,

I can add this to this thread as well (for Dapper):-)

As it seems now mkvmlinuz is working properly again since version 23 (maybe it did work earlier, dont know, Sven L should know I think ) the following works easely as well.

Got to: http://packages.ubuntu.com as pegxlindev suggested earlier.

In the search-field fill in mkvmlinuz and choose Distribution edgy

Download mkvmlinuz version 23

Then open a terminal window and type:

# sudo dpkg -i mkvmlinuz_23ubuntu2_powerpc.deb

Give your password as requested

mkvmlinuz version 23 will be installed.

Run now in the terminal window:

# sudo mkvmlinuz

The Pegasos II CHRP-kernel will be generated, and a symlink vmlinuz pointing to the recent kernel installed will also be generated.

You can now load this symlink from the Pegasos II firmwareprompt. Use this bootstring as template:

# boot hd:X boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdaX splash

From now on new installed kernel-updates will be used after restart, as the chrp-kernel should be generated and the symlink updated as well.

Note also considering the grub2 script I posted about before and on Pegasos.org as well:

You can still use it of course to load the 'clean' kernel Ubuntu do provide. And you can also still use it for loading the Dapper PowerPC Desktop LiveCD released on the 1st of June.

As I hope everybody can see, it is several various option to choose from now

Hi Gunne
Thanks for the post. Mkvmlinuz worked for me.

Do I now use that string to boot with from here on out? Or do I change it to something else?

tia
magnetic

magnetic,
You can use the bootstring I wrote as example above:

boot hd:X boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdaX splash

Change X to the number of the partition You do use. Remember, it begins from 0 in firmware and from 1 in Linux. Eg, hd:0 in firmware = /dev/hda1 in Linux.

But I believe You already know that ?

Gunne
Cool, thats what I thought

yeah I know the partition table is 1 less

for me its ide:7 and naturally hda8

magnetic