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ok...when i booted using the debug argument, it went to the debug shell, |
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which i don't really know what to do with. so i typed exit, and it did |
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it's thing, except instead of booting from the cd, it tried to boot |
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yellowdog, which is what i currently have on the hd. |
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when i boot w/out the debug argument, it promptly shuts down after the |
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"arch: exit" line. |
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and now when i try to boot w/the debug argument, it also shutsdown after |
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the "arch: exit" line. seems to me like it's not realizing that i want |
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to boot from cd...or it can't initilize the cd-rom, so it moves on the |
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the hard disk...i dunno. i haven't had any problems w/the cdrom drive |
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in yellowdog or os9, and i checked it in a g4, and it booted from it no |
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prob. |
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any ideas? |
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patrick |
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On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 17:42, Pieter Van den Abeele wrote: |
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> The following extra boot arguments are relevant for oldworld systems: |
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> debug (enables debugging mode (spawns an initrd shell in which you're |
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> able to modprobe extra modules etc)) |
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> sleep=X (allows the cdrom to spin up for X seconds before trying to |
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> mount it). |
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> |
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> Best regards, |
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> |
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> Pieter Van den Abeele |
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> |
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> On 08 Apr 2004, at 21:15, Eric Olinger wrote: |
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> |
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> > On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 13:59:26 -0500 |
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> > Patrick Tisdale <ptisdale@×××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > |
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> >> can someone explain to me or point me to a howto that deals w/booting |
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> >> to the 2004.0 universal cd using bootx. i have a pb3400c w/yellowdog |
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> >> on it, and i want to install gentoo instead. all the info i've seen |
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> >> says to copy vmlinux and livecd.img from the cd into the system |
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> >> folder...i don't have a vmlinux on the cd. i also don't have an |
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> >> livecd.img on the cd. i do have a livecd.gcloop. i assume the info |
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> >> i've read is for older versions of gentoo, and something has changed |
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> >> w/2004.0. btw, this is my first gentoo install. |
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> > You need to copy the kernel to use (for the 2004.0 cd use the G4 |
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> > kernel) |
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> > and the initrd.img.gz to the /System Folder/Linux Kernels/ then install |
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> > BootX and run the BootX App or reboot. You need to Select the initrd |
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> > under the ramdisk image in the options section and make sure the |
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> > ramdisk |
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> > size is over 32000. IIRC, for the arguments set (but this is off the |
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> > top of my head): |
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> > rw init=/linuxrc looptype=gcloop cdroot |
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> > |
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> > Thats the general steps for booting the livecd with BootX. I'm testing |
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> > some instructions for booting the livecd on OldWorld Macs with BootX to |
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> > be add to the handbook sometime. I should be posting them to Bug #46534 |
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> > on bugs.g.o sometime today, hopefully. |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> > Eric Olinger |
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> > |
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> > Public Key: |
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> > http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xF90FBBC1 |
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> > Key fingerprint: B678 9E22 1161 51CF 6664 7591 6767 5BDB F90F BBC1 |
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> > |
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> > Give a man a password, he'll log in for a day. Teach him to code, and |
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> > he |
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> > will hack his way in... |
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> |
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> |
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> -- |
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> |
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