* [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone got a 2009 - 2011 PPC LiveCD
@ 2013-02-13 9:31 Michael Volland
2013-02-13 9:41 ` Stroller
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From: Michael Volland @ 2013-02-13 9:31 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user; +Cc: Stroller
Hi,
no Answer but a question:
What Computer(s) do you want to use it with?
Michael
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* [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone got a 2009 - 2011 PPC LiveCD
2013-02-13 9:31 [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone got a 2009 - 2011 PPC LiveCD Michael Volland
@ 2013-02-13 9:41 ` Stroller
2013-02-13 10:36 ` Michael Volland
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From: Stroller @ 2013-02-13 9:41 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Michael Volland; +Cc: gentoo-user
On 13 February 2013, at 09:31, Michael Volland wrote:
>
> no Answer but a question:
> What Computer(s) do you want to use it with?
1ghz eMac - the old CRT model, but the eMac is larger (has a larger screen) than the CRT iMac.
I think it's a G4, it's 32-bit.
Tentatively speaking, I think I'm on the right track, actually.
Having made a final second-guessing-myself attempt with Finnix, it seems like the yabootconfig isn't working, but it looks like it's gonna boot using the manual Yaboot configuration. IMO this is explained a little poorly in the docs (but it is a niche arch, so I'm not complaining).
I hadn't posted back before because it looks like yaboot doesn't support ext3, so I'm now having to go back and make a separate /boot partition.
I believe this is my first time installing on PPC - I may have done it before, but if so I remember none of the details - and the quirks are all a bit unfamiliar to me.
Stroller.
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* [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone got a 2009 - 2011 PPC LiveCD
2013-02-13 9:41 ` Stroller
@ 2013-02-13 10:36 ` Michael Volland
2013-02-13 13:12 ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
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From: Michael Volland @ 2013-02-13 10:36 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Stroller; +Cc: gentoo-user
On (13/02/13 09:41), Stroller wrote:
>
> On 13 February 2013, at 09:31, Michael Volland wrote:
> >
> > no Answer but a question:
> > What Computer(s) do you want to use it with?
>
> 1ghz eMac - the old CRT model, but the eMac is larger (has a larger screen) than the CRT iMac.
>
> I think it's a G4, it's 32-bit.
>
> Tentatively speaking, I think I'm on the right track, actually.
>
> Having made a final second-guessing-myself attempt with Finnix, it seems like the yabootconfig isn't working, but it looks like it's gonna boot using the manual Yaboot configuration. IMO this is explained a little poorly in the docs (but it is a niche arch, so I'm not complaining).
>
> I hadn't posted back before because it looks like yaboot doesn't support ext3, so I'm now having to go back and make a separate /boot partition.
I boot my G5 late 2005 from ext4 with yaboot:
sys-boot/yaboot-static-1.3.16-r1
I don't know anything about G4's, but for me it was, as far as I
remember mandatory to use the static version of yaboot.
(The only useflag "ibm" is set, but probably not necessary)
I use:
----------------------------------------------------------
~ $ cat /etc/yaboot.conf
## yaboot.conf generated by yabootconfig 1.0.8
##
## run: "man yaboot.conf" for details. Do not make changes until you
# have!!
##
## For a dual-boot menu, add one or more of:
## bsd=/dev/hdaX, macos=/dev/hdaY, macosx=/dev/hdaZ
boot=/dev/sdb2
device=/ht@0,f2000000/pci@9/k2-sata-root@c/k2-sata@1/disk@0:
timeout=120
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
default=linux
defaultos=linux
#fgcolor=red
#bgcolor=green
fgcolor=white
#fgcolor=yellow
bgcolor=blue
image=/boot/vmlinux
# -2.6.39.4.ofin
label=linux
root=/dev/sdb4
partition=4
read-only
append="video=ofonly"
# append="nouveau.modeset=1"
# append="single"
#...
macosx=/dev/sda3
enablecdboot
enableofboot
---------------------------------------------------------
Michael
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone got a 2009 - 2011 PPC LiveCD
2013-02-13 10:36 ` Michael Volland
@ 2013-02-13 13:12 ` Stroller
2013-02-13 13:40 ` Stroller
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From: Stroller @ 2013-02-13 13:12 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 13 February 2013, at 10:36, Michael Volland wrote:
>> ...
>> I hadn't posted back before because it looks like yaboot doesn't support ext3, so I'm now having to go back and make a separate /boot partition.
>
> I boot my G5 late 2005 from ext4 with yaboot:
This statement caught me just finished dd'ing a filesystem back into the new partition, having rearranged everything and created a 100mb boot partition. So it took me a little while before I could test. Good news: I've got it working, now. Bad news: because I don't need that separate /boot, and to keep things tidy, I'm going to have to undo all my repartitioning before I continue much further.
> sys-boot/yaboot-static-1.3.16-r1
>
> I don't know anything about G4's, but for me it was, as far as I
> remember mandatory to use the static version of yaboot.
Ah, I had installed sys-boot/yaboot (I think that's what the manual suggested) and it has now started booting from my ext4 filesystem.
I saw a message about being unable to load VFS, about sda5 not being found, and then something about "hd:" repeated a few times.
I commented / changed my yaboot.com thusly:
image=/boot/vmlinux-3.5.7-gentoo
label=Linux
#root=/dev/sda5
root=/dev/hda5
partition=5
read-only
ran `ybin -v` and, on reboot, it worked!
I find it a little strange to be using "hdX" rather than "sdX" now, but I think that's it sorted.
It also seems strange that yaboot and yaboot-static differ in this syntax, but I don't care enough to investigate.
Stroller.
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone got a 2009 - 2011 PPC LiveCD
2013-02-13 13:12 ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
@ 2013-02-13 13:40 ` Stroller
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From: Stroller @ 2013-02-13 13:40 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 13 February 2013, at 13:12, Stroller wrote:
> …
> I commented / changed my yaboot.com thusly:
>
> image=/boot/vmlinux-3.5.7-gentoo
> label=Linux
> #root=/dev/sda5
> root=/dev/hda5
> partition=5
> read-only
>
> ran `ybin -v` and, on reboot, it worked!
>
> I find it a little strange to be using "hdX" rather than "sdX" now, but I think that's it sorted.
>
> It also seems strange that yaboot and yaboot-static differ in this syntax, but I don't care enough to investigate.
Ooops. Looks like it might be my kernel that's causing this.
Stroller.
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