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 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HeUra-0004TG-Ny for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:31:47 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l3JBSgUT012659; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:28:42 GMT Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.173]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l3JBIFjO029654 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:18:16 GMT Received: from mac.com (smtpin04-en2 [10.13.10.149]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/smtpout03/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id l3JBIEap018895 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:18:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.2] (ppp-68-251-57-11.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net [68.251.57.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin04/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id l3JBIDot014292 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:18:13 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: cremes.devlist@mac.com Subject: [gentoo-user] need help with x86_64 on MacBook Pro Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:20:37 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-Brightmail-scanned: yes X-Archives-Salt: c57eab3a-f75b-4b06-866f-1459bfe286d8 X-Archives-Hash: 4850235bf0183c9feb1f78c645edd2b7 Hi, new Gentoo user here (but not new to the wonderful world of unix). A few weeks ago I installed Gentoo into Parallels under OSX on my MacBook Pro (rev 2, Core2Duo) to start familiarizing myself with the system. I liked it well enough that I decided to get in a little deeper and experiment with the x86_64 release. My MBPro is capable of running it so I repartitioned my drive and was off to the races. I've been following the great instructions on the wiki posted here [1] using the minimal install CD with the 2006.1 profile. However, the instructions there primarily focus on the 32-bit release. I coupled those instructions with the Gentoo Handbook for x86_64 to cover the areas that the wiki (rightly) left out [2]. The goal was to install a pure 64-bit non-multilib system to use as a base for a Xen Dom0 (I switched to the non-multilib profile in my chroot). The MacBook installation instructions contained pointers to some internal [3] and external [4] sources which were helpful. These other pages mostly focus on doing a 32-bit install so I've been searching high and low for a kernel.config for a 64-bit build known to work on a MacBook Pro. I tried creating one myself but it doesn't boot. Grub (0.97 installed via "emerge grub-static" per the handbook) displays my customized 2.6.20 + mactel patched kernel but the boot attempt results in a black screen and no hard drive activity. I'm at a bit of a loss to troubleshoot this. Anyone have a working kernel.config for x86_64 that they can point me to? I'd be happy to update the wiki to include more specific instructions related to x86_64 once I get a working system. Thanks for your help. cr [1] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_MacBook [2] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml [3] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_MacBook/Configuration_Files [4] http://www.odi.ch/prog/macbookpro/index.php -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list