From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, DMARC_MISSING,FREEMAIL_FROM,FROM_LOCAL_DIGITS,FROM_LOCAL_HEX, FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailout00.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.16]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14NJDD-0007vG-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 11:39:36 -0700 Received: from fwd05.sul.t-online.com by mailout00.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14NHSw-0004pe-00; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:47:42 +0100 Received: from helios.bagwan (320095285153-0001@[217.80.39.243]) by fwd05.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14NHSb-1YWAK0C; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:47:21 +0100 Received: (qmail 8126 invoked by uid 0); 29 Jan 2001 19:28:36 -0000 Received: from sadchitananda2.bagwan (HELO gottinger.de) (achim@192.168.2.1) by helios.bagwan with SMTP; 29 Jan 2001 19:28:36 -0000 Message-ID: <3A759803.B69F5EC2@gottinger.de> From: 320095285153-0001@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.14 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] install bootstrap problem References: <000001c08a11$6e31d2d0$0800a8c0@speedymonkey> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sender: 320095285153-0001@t-dialin.net Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Reply-To: achim@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon Jan 29 11:40:02 2001 X-Original-Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:19:15 +0100 X-Archives-Salt: 7d20cc38-a789-4480-9b6b-dacca8f47ff6 X-Archives-Hash: 8919baecffe34adbc91d39342a4f9475 smk_va@yahoo.com wrote: > In response to Dave Bresson > >> so i have a bit of a bootstrap problem. ... > > Achim Gottinger wrote: > > > rc3 was optimized for i686 systems, so it does not run on pentium/k6 > systems. :-/ We changed that in rc4 (optimized for i486), so you need the > lates rc4 (pre2) cd. > > A couple of points: > > 1. the rc3 disk does the same hang described by Dave on my Compaq ProSignia > 500 with PPro which is a P6 class processor Hmm, it worked on a PII/PIII/K7 over here. The main problem was glibc-2.2 which uses special i686 instructions when compile for i686-pc-linux-gnu. Maybe the classify ppro as i586. > > 2. when I try to bootstrap the rc4_pre2 CD on the ProSignia 500, I can't > because the kernel image in "bootgrub.img" does not support the NCR SCSI > adapter chip in the ProSignia 500 (booting from the image packaged with rc3 > does find the CD, it just hangs at "changing root ..." Hmm, support for NCR SCSI adapters should be in there. I will check this. > > 3. when I boot from the rc4_pre2 CD on a P5 (Compaq Deskpro), I get a > message that it appears not to be the distribution disk. Daniel, did you include the version file on the iso-image? achim~ > > > Any help getting Gentoo going on this machine would be much appreciated. > > Murthy > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://www.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev