From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4557 invoked from network); 16 Nov 2004 22:43:56 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 16 Nov 2004 22:43:56 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CUC3I-0003y1-7q for arch-gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 22:43:56 +0000 Received: (qmail 5057 invoked by uid 89); 16 Nov 2004 22:43:55 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-mips-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-mips@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 23432 invoked from network); 16 Nov 2004 22:43:55 +0000 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: andy set sender to afinley@gis.umn.edu using -f From: Andrew Finley Reply-To: afinley@gis.umn.edu To: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <419A8212.1070800@vt.edu> References: <200411162032.iAGKW64w023667@qix.software.umn.edu> <1100639648.14720.21.camel@populus> <419A70CF.5040806@wooh.hu> <1100641979.14720.25.camel@populus> <419A7A2C.305@gentoo.org> <757fbd8104111614332ebf960e@mail.gmail.com> <419A8212.1070800@vt.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: umn Message-Id: <1100645034.14720.33.camel@populus> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 16 Nov 2004 16:43:54 -0600 Subject: Re: [gentoo-mips] SGI O2 R5000 on initial boot screen freaks out X-Archives-Salt: 1aa20ea5-78f3-4b17-a661-521881588be9 X-Archives-Hash: 34d29ec86a5b37cd72f5a564891b5da2 Thanks Guys, I'll try those options. On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 16:41, Stephen P. Becker wrote: > Oscar Almer wrote: > > Hi > > > > in my humble experience, it is possible to get an O2 to boot off a CD > > instead of a NFS partition by setting a PROM variable (OSLoadOptions > > or something like it) to point to /dev/cdroms/cdrom0. It saves the > > hassle of having to set up a NFS server thing if you never have done > > so before (like me). > > Disclaimer: I am not a developer, nor anything else. It just happened > > that that worked for me, so i thought i'd mention it. > > > > We actually do have a livecd now. It should be in the experimental > folder on the gentoo mirrors. Make sure to read the documentation in > the directory with it, as it doesn't automagically work. You have to > set prom variables first. > > Steve > > -- > gentoo-mips@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-mips@gentoo.org mailing list