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On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 10:41:19AM -0500, Fuper wrote: |
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> On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 01:14, Kain wrote: |
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> > Sorry for the delays; I have a new ISO/Buildimage up on |
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> > gentooppc.sunsite.dk.. Would all you kind people test it out? |
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> What is the format of initrd.img? Is that a raw image? BootX docs |
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> claim that the ramdisk image for BootX MUST be named |
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> "ramdisk.image.gz". |
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initrd.img is a gzipped ext2fs image. |
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> I suspect that BootX will always attempt to ungzip |
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> the image. (I tried booting via BootX and selected the initrd.img as |
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> the ramdisk image but the kernel aborts with a kernel panic because no |
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> init is found). |
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One thing people seem to have had issues with is making BootX work with larger |
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kernels/images, which could end up as more of a problem for gentoo. (i.e. My |
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all-pmacs kernel is >~5MB and the ramdisk is 4-5MB compressed (22MB |
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uncompressed.) |
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Also, look just before the init panic and you should see some kernel messages |
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detailing what/how the ramdisk was detected. |
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If you are capable of making BootX work with what's on the current CD or have |
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suggestions for it, please let me know. |
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> Since I'm an Apple sales rep I may use some slack hours testing the |
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> installer on new Macs too. |
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It's worked on my TiBook; I would be interested in seeing if it works on the |
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new(er) NVidia-based powermacs & the LCD iMac. |
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-- |
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Hackers do it bottom-up. |
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** |
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Mad Computer Scientist |
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Bryon Roche, Kain <kain@××××.org> |