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On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 08:33:19 -0400 |
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Michael George <george@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> I am trying Gentoo again on my Power Mac. I thought that the last |
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> time I tried it there was an installation guide specific to the PPC. |
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> However, I |
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> see notes now that all have been consolidated into the Handbook. |
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there is a handbook written for PPC: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc.xml |
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> Makes sense, but I'm to where I am to copy the kernel to /boot, but |
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> I have several to choose from. It looks like zImage.pmac (linked to |
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> vmlinux.coff) is the one I'd want, but the handbook doesn't discuss |
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> ppc directly. |
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for my ibook I had to use the vmlinux binary |
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> Also, won't the bootloader installation be completely different for |
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> PPC vs. x86? |
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yes, grub and lilo AFAIK only work for x86... for PPC you have yaboot |
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and BootX... for further information look at the PPC handbook |
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> Thanks! |
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Bye |
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