Installation

-As long as Mac OS X does not offer md5sum, you have to use the -openssl capability to produce an md5 checksum. Therefore, type in -a Terminal the following: +You can check your MD5 sum using the md5sum tool provided with OSX. On +versions of OSX without md5sum, you can use openssl capability to produce +an md5 checksum.

 (This could take some time depending of the size of the ISO and your CPU)
 $ openssl md5 /path/to/iso

@@ -76,20 +76,17 @@ for details on yabootconfig). The trick is in how you partition your hard drive. Before installing Gentoo, startup with the Mac OS X Install CD. Use the Disk Utility to partition the drive in your machine into two or three -partitions. Alternatively, use parted from the recent LiveCD, since that -can handle HFS and HFS+ partitions. Parted is also able to shrink a partition -so you don't need to delete your existing install. The first partition should -be big enough to contain all your Linux partitions (root+swap+/home etc.). The -format of this partition does not matter. The second partition should be for -OS X. The third (and optional) partition should be for classic Mac OS. It is -needed only if you want to put Mac OS 9 on a separate partition. +partitions. Alternatively, use parted from a recent Gentoo InstallCD, +since that has been patched to handle HFS and HFS+ partitions. Parted is also +able to shrink a partition so you don't need to delete your existing install. +The first partition should be big enough to contain all your Linux partitions +(root+swap+/home etc.). The format of this partition does not matter. The +second partition should be for OS X. The third (and optional) partition should +be for classic Mac OS. It is only required if you intend of being able to +triple boot, since OS9 must be on a seperate partition from OSX for this to +work.

- -If you want to be able to triple-boot with yaboot, Mac OS 9 needs -to be on a separate partition from your Mac OS X installation. - -

After partitioning, install Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 onto their respective partitions. Once installation is complete, start following @@ -134,8 +131,7 @@

-The CD should load as expected afterwards. Thanks to John Plesmid for this -workaround. +The CD should boot as expected now, thanks to John Plesmid for this workaround.

-Is it possible to boot Gentoo Linux on an OldWorld machine without Mac OS? I -would like to have a Mac OS-free machine. - - - -

-If you have a lot of time to experiment, you could try -Quik. Quik is a -bootloader for OldWorld PPC machines. If your machine uses BootX, you can -use Quik; if it uses yaboot, you can't. Quik can be -incredibly difficult to install, but the end result is somewhere between "neato" -and "breathtaking" because Mac OS does not have to load. Think yaboot on speed. -

- -

-Be sure to read the Quik quirks -page for help getting your Old World PPC booting with Quik. The -"NetBSD/MacPPC Model -Support" documents various OpenFirmware versions for various Apple and -clone PowerPC machines and is also a helpful reference. -

- -

-Thanks to vladimir for this information. -

- - -

- I have a Beige G3 machine. Can I install Gentoo Linux/PPC on a second IDE hard drive? @@ -527,12 +492,15 @@

-Where wlan0 is your wifi card's device name. For Airport users, the wifi device -is often eth1. For more details on iwconfig, refer to its man page. +Where wlan0 is your wifi card's device name. For Airport users, +the wifi device is often eth1. For more details on iwconfig, +refer to its man page.

-Airport Extreme cards are not yet supported on Linux. +Airport Extreme cards are not yet supported on Linux, but a workaround now +exists, please see this forum post for more information: +http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-365647.html @@ -665,9 +633,11 @@

-Simply emerge Xautoconfig. Once the package has been emerged, run -Xautoconfig to generate the config for your setup. To enable DRM, you may need -to do further tweaking, see the sections below. +Simply emerge Xorgautoconfig. Once the package has been emerged, run +Xorgautoconfig to generate the config for your setup. If you would like +to set a keyboard layout, you can use the --keymap flag. Note that although +Xorgautoconfig does set up DRM for most users, you may need to change +your kernel configuration to support this.

@@ -697,7 +667,7 @@

Rebuild and install the kernel if necessary. After this, make sure you have booted to the native framebuffer (i.e. radeonfb or atyfb and -not from offb or ofonly video), and run Xautoconfig. +not from offb or ofonly video), and run Xorgautoconfig.

@@ -708,10 +678,12 @@ -There currently isn't any DRI support for the R300/R400 chipsets, a project has -been started at http://r300.sourceforge.net. nVidia chipsets are also -mostly unsupported on PPC, there is basic 2D acceleration provided by the nv -driver, but no 3D acceleration. +There currently isn't any DRI support for the R300/R400 chipsets, but a project +has been started at http://r300.sourceforge.net. Initial support for +the chipset is slated to be included in the next major version of X.org as the +r300 project is now part of the DRI project. nVidia chipsets are also mostly +unsupported on PPC, there is basic 2D acceleration provied by the nv driver, but +no 3D acceleration. @@ -1054,9 +1026,7 @@

Yes! We sell Gentoo on CD-ROM in our Gentoo -store. You can choose between CDs with precompiled packages for generic -ppc hardware, or optimized for G3 and G4 processors, or a KDE/GNOME LiveCD that -boots directly in a live Gentoo Linux environment. +store.

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