[hedmo]

hi all

i have a problem .i can not boot my linux system.the problem is that my old kernel does not find my partitions (/dev/ps3ddx).this is a old 2.6.23 kernel from gentoo that i am having. i did copyed the redribbon kernel and tryed to boot my gentoo install.the kernel loaded and gentoo was starting but did not finnish.where and how can i get a updated kernel?.or do i just need to download a kernel from kernel.org and compile it?

regards hedmo

[hedmo]

I have done some digging and found out that the problem is that the kernel does not find the hdd region on my hdd.i did download a 3.9 kernel but it did not compile.as i understand.i need graf_chokolo-releases-ps3-linux-kernel-2-6-full-access-ram-773.but i can not download it

[r07f1]

hey! just a question? does petitboot show the /dev/ps3dd block device?

if not you must run a script called create_hdd_region.sh ow whatever...

Anyway yes you fetch a vanilla kernel from kernel.org and then go here:
http://gitorious.ps3dev.net/ps3linux <- to fetch glevand's kernel config and patches for your desired kernel version

[hedmo]

Thanks
yes petitboot does show me the entry to /dev/ps3dd1 and the kernel boots.after that... It stops and can not find /dev/ps3dd1 (no root block device).