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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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Best regards, |
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Pieter Van den Abeele |
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On 08 Apr 2004, at 21:15, Eric Olinger wrote: |
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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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>> 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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> 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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> Eric Olinger |
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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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> 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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