Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] problems with initial ppc install

[S. Cowles]

brad

thank you very much for replying.  yes, i finally hit the bootx website, did 
some reading, found an info text in the intial ramdisk that i mounted, did 
some more reading, etc.  to sum it up, i'm now watching my first "emerge 
rsync" coming down the IP pipe.  very cool.

cheers.

On Tuesday 25 March 2003 06:24, Brad Lipinski wrote:
> You must choose options when the Bootx menu comes up.  Select boot from a
> RAM disk and then chooses the .img file.  Select OK, then it should boot
> from the CD.
>
> > Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:26:32 -0800
> > Subject: [gentoo-ppc-user] problems with initial ppc install
> >
> > i would like to install gentoo 1.2 or 1.4rc5 on a power mac 8550.
> > current hardware config of the machine is 288M ram, 8G available disk at
> > scsi lun 5. the machine is currently running macos 9.1 in multi-user
> > mode.  i'm having trouble with the initial boot seqeunce.
> >
> > so far:
> >
> > i downloaded the ppc 1.2 installation instructions and have tried to
> > follow them closely.  in the first section, the Installer.sit container
> > is mentioned, but the location is not given.  i did find version 1.8 on
> > the 1.2 release of the ppc gentoo iso.  (i usually start with recent
> > releases, so i invested a significant amount of time looking for the
> > Installer on the 1.4rc5 iso's.  why is it not on them?).
> >
> > after installing the BootX control panel and attendant kernel images,
> > etc, i get the following problems.
> >
> > when i select linux from the BootX dialog box, the kernel copied to the
> > 9.1 system folder begins the boot routine, but panics with a series of
> > failures on device 08.01.  the messages are approximately:
> >
> > kernel panic:  VFS:  unable to mount root fs on 08.01...
> > rebooting in 180 seconds.
> >
> > i'm new in the gentoo realm, so would appreciate any help from the
> > community.
> >
> > thanks,




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