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nightmorph 07/05/01 06:42:22 |
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Modified: hb-install-mips-stage.xml |
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Log: |
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mips updates, bug 176526 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.7 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-mips-stage.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-mips-stage.xml?rev=1.7&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-mips-stage.xml?rev=1.7&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-mips-stage.xml?r1=1.6&r2=1.7 |
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Index: hb-install-mips-stage.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-mips-stage.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.6 |
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retrieving revision 1.7 |
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diff -u -r1.6 -r1.7 |
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--- hb-install-mips-stage.xml 30 Mar 2007 12:01:19 -0000 1.6 |
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+++ hb-install-mips-stage.xml 1 May 2007 06:42:22 -0000 1.7 |
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@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ |
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<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-mips-stage.xml,v 1.6 2007/03/30 12:01:19 neysx Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-mips-stage.xml,v 1.7 2007/05/01 06:42:22 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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<sections> |
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<version>8.0</version> |
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-<date>2006-08-30</date> |
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+<date>2007-04-30</date> |
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<section> |
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<title>Installing a Stage Tarball</title> |
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@@ -51,39 +51,23 @@ |
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<p> |
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The next step you need to perform is to install the <e>stage</e> tarball of |
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your choice onto your system. |
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-<!--You have the option of downloading the required |
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-tarball from the Internet or, if you are booted from one of the Gentoo |
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-Universal Installation CDs, copy it over from the CD itself. If you have a |
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-Universal CD and the stage you want to use is on the CD, downloading it from |
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-the Internet is just a waste of bandwidth as the stage files are the same. In |
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-most cases, the command <c>uname -m</c> can be used to help you decide which |
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-stage file to download. --> |
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-</p> |
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- |
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-<!-- |
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-<ul> |
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-<li><uri link="#doc_chap2">Default: Using a Stage from the Internet</uri></li> |
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-<li> |
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- <uri link="#doc_chap3">Alternative: Using a Stage from the Installation CD</uri> |
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-</li> |
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-</ul>--> |
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+</p> |
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</body> |
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</subsection> |
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</section> |
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<section> |
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<title>Downloading the Stage Tarball</title> |
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-<!--<title>Default: Using a Stage from the Internet</title>--> |
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<subsection> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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Go to the Gentoo mountpoint at which you mounted your filesystems |
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-(most likely <path>/gentoo</path>): |
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+(most likely <path>/mnt/gentoo</path>): |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Going to the Gentoo mountpoint"> |
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-# <i>cd /gentoo</i> |
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+# <i>cd /mnt/gentoo</i> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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</ti> |
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<ti><c>cobalt/stage#-mipsel4-RELEASE.tar.bz2</c></ti> |
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</tr> |
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+<tr> |
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+ <ti> |
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+ Little Endian<br /> |
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+ <e>(Others)</e> |
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+ </ti> |
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+ <ti> |
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+ All Standard CPU Types |
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+ </ti> |
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+ <ti><c>cobalt/stage#-mipsel1-RELEASE.tar.bz2</c></ti> |
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+</tr> |
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</table> |
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+<warn> |
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+Although we provide stages for little-endian MIPS1, support for little endian |
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+MIPS systems is still restricted to the Cobalt server range. They are provided |
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+for those who may wish to experiment with Gentoo on presently unsupported |
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+platforms, thus it is assumed that you know what you're doing. |
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+</warn> |
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+ |
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<p> |
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If you need to go through a proxy, export the <c>http_proxy</c> and |
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<c>ftp_proxy</c> variables: |
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<p> |
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The Gentoo/MIPS netboot images provide <c>wget</c> as a means of downloading |
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files. Due to space constraints, it is not possible to provide more capable |
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-browsers on SGI netboot images. LiveCD users may use <c>elinks</c>. |
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+browsers on SGI netboot images. LiveCD users may use <c>elinks</c> or Mozilla |
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+Firefox (on the graphical LiveCD). |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Fetching the tarball via wget"> |
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<p> |
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If you want to check the integrity of the downloaded stage tarball, use |
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-<c>md5sum</c> and compare the output with the MD5 checksum provided on the |
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-mirror. For instance, to check the validity of the mips4 stage tarball: |
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+<c>md5sum</c> or <c>sha1sum</c> and compare the output with the MD5 checksum |
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+provided on the mirror. For instance, to check the validity of the mips4 stage |
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+tarball: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Example checking integrity of a stage tarball"> |
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-# <i>md5sum -c stage3-mips4-2007.0.tar.bz2.md5</i> |
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+# <i>md5sum -c stage3-mips4-2007.0.tar.bz2.DIGESTS</i> |
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+stage3-mips4-2007.0.tar.bz2: OK |
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+# <i>sha1sum -c stage3-mips4-2007.0.tar.bz2.DIGESTS</i> |
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stage3-mips4-2007.0.tar.bz2: OK |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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Go to the mountpoint where you mounted your filesystem (most likely |
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-<path>/gentoo</path>): |
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+<path>/mnt/gentoo</path>): |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Going to the Gentoo mountpoint"> |
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-# <i>cd /gentoo</i> |
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+# <i>cd /mnt/gentoo</i> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Extracting the Portage snapshot"> |
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-# <i>tar -xjf portage-*.tar.bz2 -C /gentoo/usr</i> |
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+# <i>tar -xjf portage-*.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/gentoo/usr</i> |
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</pre> |
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</body> |
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<note> |
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A commented listing of all possible variables can be found in |
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-<path>/gentoo/etc/make.conf.example</path>. For a successful Gentoo |
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+<path>/mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf.example</path>. For a successful Gentoo |
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installation you'll only need to set the variables which are mentioned beneath. |
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</note> |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Opening /etc/make.conf"> |
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-# <i>nano -w /gentoo/etc/make.conf</i> |
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+# <i>nano -w /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf</i> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-A very important setting in the MIPS world, is the <c>-mabi=</c> flag. MIPS has |
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-3 different ABIs; <c>32</c> (pure 32-bit, aka <c>o32</c>), <c>64</c> (full |
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+A very important setting in the MIPS world is the <c>-mabi=</c> flag. MIPS has |
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+3 different ABIs: <c>32</c> (pure 32-bit, aka <c>o32</c>), <c>64</c> (full |
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64-bit, aka <c>n64</c>) and <c>n32</c> |
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(a mix of 32-bit data structures with 64-bit instructions). This |
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flag selects which of these you wish to use. Note you need libraries for the |
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ABI you select. In layman's terms, this means, for example, you can't use |
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-<c>-mabi=64</c> on a 32-bit userland (or even a <c>n32</c> userland). |
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+<c>-mabi=64</c> on a 32-bit userland (or even an <c>n32</c> userland). |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-Update your <path>/gentoo/etc/make.conf</path> to your own preference and |
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+Update your <path>/mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf</path> to your own preference and |
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save (<c>nano</c> users would hit <c>Ctrl-X</c>). You are now ready to continue |
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with <uri link="?part=1&chap=6">Installing the Gentoo Base System</uri>. |
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</p> |
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