From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3976A138330 for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 10:03:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D3DBFE0CC5; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 10:03:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from uberouter3.guranga.net (newyork.josephkaneit.com [107.170.110.24]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8CD91E0CC0 for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 10:03:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by uberouter3.guranga.net (Postfix, from userid 33) id B4F0AE61CC; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 06:03:51 -0400 (EDT) To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] PPC64 X-PHP-Originating-Script: 0:rcmail.php Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:03:51 +0100 From: thegeezer@thegeezer.net In-Reply-To: <20161013094625.GK30057@bulbizarre.swordarmor.fr> References: <20161013094625.GK30057@bulbizarre.swordarmor.fr> Message-ID: <5b6441df480d5aa8ac5255b7df390456@thegeezer.net> X-Sender: thegeezer@thegeezer.net User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.9.5 X-Archives-Salt: edaa8f5b-7f42-4ece-b09c-fdb5b5b6d29e X-Archives-Hash: 70a8916a39e37c47a1e4cad773053d31 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