[gentoo-user] PPC64

[gentoo-user] PPC64

[thegeezer]

Howdy folks,
I find myself in a position where I have some IBM pseries servers at 
hand, and of course my first instinct is to install Gentoo :)

I've tried following the handbook[1] but I fail at the media step, as 
there is no ppc64 download, just /mirror/gentoo/releases/ppc
inside there in 2007 and 2008 I can find "universal" iso and they do 
work but these are too old to install from (EAPI blockers / kernel too 
old for chroot with newer stage3 etc etc)

in /mirror/gentoo/releases/ppc/autobuilds/current-iso   there is a 
minimal iso which has no ppc64 and i can't get yaboot to boot.
i've used the 2007 and 2008 ppc64 and they seem to boot fine, just a bit 
old is all.

can anyone point me in the direction of an 
"install-ppc64-minimal-20141204.iso" or hopefully something newer?
my google-fu is letting me down!

thanks in advance!

[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:PPC64/Installation/Media

Re: [gentoo-user] PPC64

[Alarig Le Lay]

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On Thu Oct 13 10:26:48 2016, thegeezer@thegeezer.net wrote:
> can anyone point me in the direction of an 
> "install-ppc64-minimal-20141204.iso" or hopefully something newer?
> my google-fu is letting me down!
> 
> thanks in advance!

Hi,

You have install-powerpc-minimal-20140713.iso and the associated stage3 on
ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.gentoo.org/releases/ppc/autobuilds/current-install-powerpc-minimal/

Perhaps you can use a stage3 from 2014 and then upgrade it after the
installation?

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alarig

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Re: [gentoo-user] PPC64

[thegeezer]

On 2016-10-13 10:46, Alarig Le Lay wrote:
> On Thu Oct 13 10:26:48 2016, thegeezer@thegeezer.net wrote:
>> can anyone point me in the direction of an
>> "install-ppc64-minimal-20141204.iso" or hopefully something newer?
>> my google-fu is letting me down!
>> 
>> thanks in advance!
> 
> Hi,
> 
> You have install-powerpc-minimal-20140713.iso and the associated stage3 
> on
> ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.gentoo.org/releases/ppc/autobuilds/current-install-powerpc-minimal/
> 
> Perhaps you can use a stage3 from 2014 and then upgrade it after the
> installation?

Unfortunately I can't get the minimal iso to boot :(  I'm guessing there 
is something different between ppc64 and ppc32 that is preventing yaboot

Also not sure how nicely a 32bit kernel will work with the 64bit stage3 
-- now that's not a deal breaker i can live in a 32bit world if needed, 
it's the lack of booting that i have a problem with

Re: [gentoo-user] PPC64

[thegeezer]

On 2016-10-13 11:03, thegeezer@thegeezer.net wrote:
> On 2016-10-13 10:46, Alarig Le Lay wrote:
>> On Thu Oct 13 10:26:48 2016, thegeezer@thegeezer.net wrote:
>>> can anyone point me in the direction of an
>>> "install-ppc64-minimal-20141204.iso" or hopefully something newer?
>>> my google-fu is letting me down!
>>> 
>>> thanks in advance!
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> You have install-powerpc-minimal-20140713.iso and the associated 
>> stage3 on
>> ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.gentoo.org/releases/ppc/autobuilds/current-install-powerpc-minimal/
>> 
>> Perhaps you can use a stage3 from 2014 and then upgrade it after the
>> installation?
> 
> Unfortunately I can't get the minimal iso to boot :(  I'm guessing
> there is something different between ppc64 and ppc32 that is
> preventing yaboot
> 
> Also not sure how nicely a 32bit kernel will work with the 64bit
> stage3 -- now that's not a deal breaker i can live in a 32bit world if
> needed, it's the lack of booting that i have a problem with

just a little update --  I have the PPC64 universal iso from 2008, and 
had to use a 2008 stage3
i could then emerge-webrsync and this has allowed me to update portage 
and world.
fingers crossed for the kernel and toys :)