RE: [gentoo-ppc-user] Install freeze

[Clement Chauplannaz]

> Folks,
>
> New to Gentoo.  I'm trying to install it on my desktop beige G3/300,
> with an upgraded CPU to a G4/500.
>
> I'm using BootX from a small HFS partition.  In the BootX Penguin panel
> I check all the boxes (No video drivers; Force SCSI on, etc.).  I set
> the ramdisk to 11000 (not 8192, which seems to be the default).  I
> choose vmlinux and the right image off the CD.  I then enter the
> following boot arguments:
>
> initrd-size=11000
> root=/dev/ram
> init=/linuxrc
> automatic=method:cdrom.
>
> Everything starts well, until I get to a list of items that begins:
>
> Mounting /proc ...     [ok]
> Starting devsd ...     [ok]
> Mounting tmpfs at /mnt/.init.d ...     [ok]
> Caching service dependencies ...     [ok]
>
> And that's where the process stalls.  Or alternately, it stalls farther
> down the list at
>
> Calculating module dependencies ...
>
> Anybody know what I'm doing wrong?
>

> Folks,
>
> New to Gentoo.  I'm trying to install it on my desktop beige G3/300,
> with an upgraded CPU to a G4/500.
>
> I'm using BootX from a small HFS partition.  In the BootX Penguin panel
> I check all the boxes (No video drivers; Force SCSI on, etc.).  I set
> the ramdisk to 11000 (not 8192, which seems to be the default).  I
> choose vmlinux and the right image off the CD.  I then enter the
> following boot arguments:
>
> initrd-size=11000
> root=/dev/ram
> init=/linuxrc
> automatic=method:cdrom.
>
> Everything starts well, until I get to a list of items that begins:
>
> Mounting /proc ...     [ok]
> Starting devsd ...     [ok]
> Mounting tmpfs at /mnt/.init.d ...     [ok]
> Caching service dependencies ...     [ok]
>
> And that's where the process stalls.  Or alternately, it stalls farther
> down the list at
>
> Calculating module dependencies ...
>
> Anybody know what I'm doing wrong?
>
>
>
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>
>

Hi,
i'm also knew to gentoo, but i use a G3/233/320Mo/80Go and here is how i boot from the liveCD :

in the BootX control panel :
i select the kernel vmlinux
i select in 'options' the ramdisk initrd.img.gz
i do not use 'No Video Drivers' (but it may work, i've never tried...)
ramdisk size : 24000
kernel arguments : 'root=/dev/ram init=/linuxrc'

it works fine on my mac but i remember struggling with these f@!#? kernel arguments :-) (same problem as you the boot process stopped).
i hope it will help and good luck

Clément Chauplannaz
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