[plug] Modules problem with PPC Debian machine

[Chris Caston]

On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 07:26, James Devenish wrote:
> In message <1066654680.1077.17.camel at syngery>
> on Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 08:58:01PM +0800, Chris Caston wrote:
> > Linux debainppc 2.4.18-newpmac #1 <incorrect time/date snipped> ppc
> > unknown
> [...]
> > Now in /lib/modules I have the following directories:
> > 
> > 2.2.20-pmac/
> > 2.4.18-powerpc/
> [...]
> > modprobe: can't open the dependencies file
> > /lib/modules/2.4.18-newpmac/modules.dep (no such file or directory)
> 
> Um....does it matter that your kernel image is "2.4.18-newpmac" while
> your modules are "2.4.18-powerpc"? 

Yeah I think that was/is the problem.

> I have:
> 
> % uname -a
> Linux ... 2.4.18-powerpc #1 Mon Jun 9 01:31:09 UTC 2003 ppc unknown
> % ls -1 /lib/modules
> 2.2.20-pmac/
> 2.4.18-powerpc/
> % dpkg -S /lib/modules/2.4.18-powerpc
> kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc: /lib/modules/2.4.18-powerpc
> 
> So...the modules are provided by the kernel-image package.
> Not sure how you have come to have a powerpc kernel with
> a newpmac modules directory.
> 
Yeah, I'm not sure myself. I think the problem lies within BootX because because I can boot in a perfectly working 2.2
In this I hear you can overwrite the Mac partitions and write Debain to
the boot section. Perhaps I should work out how to do this.

regards,

Chris

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