From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GCL4N-0002Yg-SP for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:52:20 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7DIq2tt013314; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:52:02 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7DIq1bf011801 for ; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:52:01 GMT Received: from lark (lark.gentoo.osuosl.org [140.211.166.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0E2A0649DC for ; Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:52:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lark (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:52:01 +0000 From: "Lukasz Damentko" Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:52:01 +0000 To: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: hb-install-alpha-medium.xml Message-Id: <20060813185201.0E2A0649DC@smtp.gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-doc-cvs@gentoo.org Reply-to: docs-team@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 7b89ad17-3a97-4db2-9d3e-9a64e2153cdc X-Archives-Hash: 862dbc71129871341d53878cc78d6efa rane 06/08/13 18:52:00 Modified: hb-install-alpha-medium.xml Log: #143691, dropped no-nptl, package cd, added serial console support Revision Changes Path 1.2 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/2006.1/hb-install-alpha-medium.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/2006.1/hb-install-alpha-medium.xml?rev=1.2&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/2006.1/hb-install-alpha-medium.xml?rev=1.2&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/2006.1/hb-install-alpha-medium.xml?r1=1.1&r2=1.2 Index: hb-install-alpha-medium.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/2006.1/hb-install-alpha-medium.xml,v retrieving revision 1.1 retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 --- hb-install-alpha-medium.xml 9 Aug 2006 16:35:14 -0000 1.1 +++ hb-install-alpha-medium.xml 13 Aug 2006 18:52:00 -0000 1.2 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ - + @@ -107,19 +107,6 @@ -

-Gentoo also provides a Package CD. This is not an Installation CD but an -additional resource that you can exploit during the installation of your Gentoo -system. It contains prebuilt packages (also known as the GRP set) that allow -you to easily and quickly install additional applications (such as -OpenOffice.org, KDE, GNOME, ...) immediately after the Gentoo installation and -right before you update your Portage tree. -

- -

-The use of the Package CD is covered later in this document. -

- @@ -131,14 +118,9 @@

-You can download the Universal Installation CD (and, if you want to, the -Packages CD as well) from one of our mirrors. The Installation CD is located in +You can download the Universal Installation CD from one of our mirrors. The Installation CD is located in the releases/alpha/2006.1/installcd directory. -

@@ -237,6 +219,13 @@ link="http://dev.gentoo.org/~taviso/milo/">taviso's homepage.

+

+This release also includes two entries for people who want to use a serial +console during the installation, possibly boxes with no keyboard and screen +attached. One allow you to boot 2.6 using the serial console and the other will +do the same with our 2.4 kernel. +

+ 
 (List available hardware drives)
 >>> show device
@@ -244,25 +233,27 @@
 (...)
 (Substitute dkb0 with your CD-ROM drive device)
 >>> boot dkb0 -flags 0
-To boot the 2.4 kernel instead of the default 2.6 kernel use:
+(To boot the 2.4 kernel instead of the default 2.6 kernel use:)
 >>> boot dkb -flags 1
+(If you need serial console support)
+(To boot the 2.6 kernel with serial console support use:)
+>>> boot dkb0 -flags 2
+(To boot the 2.4 kernel with serial console support use:)
+>>> boot dkb0 -flags 3
 
 (Substitute hdb with your CD-ROM drive device)
 MILO> boot hdb:/boot/gentoo_2.6 initrd=/boot/gentoo_2_6.igz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc looptype=zisofs loop=/zisofs cdroot
-To boot the 2.4 kernel instead of the default 2.6 kernel use:
+(To boot the 2.4 kernel instead of the default 2.6 kernel use:)
 MILO> boot hdb:/boot/gentoo_2.4 initrd=/boot/gentoo_2_4.igz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc looptype=zisofs loop=/zisofs cdroot
+(If you need serial console support)
+(To boot the 2.6 kernel with serial console support use:)
+MILO> boot hdb:/boot/gentoo_2.6 initrd=/boot/gentoo_2_6.igz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc looptype=zisofs loop=/zisofs console=ttyS0
+(To boot the 2.4 kernel with serial console support use:)
+MILO> boot hdb:/boot/gentoo_2.4 initrd=/boot/gentoo_2_4.igz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc looptype=zisofs loop=/zisofs console=ttyS0 cdroot
- -The default Alpha profile uses nptl and requires a 2.6 kernel. If your system -cannot support nptl (or you do not want to use nptl), you should use the 2.4 -kernel. Alternatively, if you prefer to compile your system without nptl, you -will be given the chance to select a stage built without nptl in Installing a Stage Tarball. - -

You should have a root ("#") prompt on the current console and can also switch to other consoles by pressing Alt-F2, Alt-F3 and Alt-F4. Get back to the one you -- gentoo-doc-cvs@gentoo.org mailing list