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hb-install-ppc64-disk.xml |
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hb-install-ppc64-kernel.xml |
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hb-install-ppc64-medium.xml |
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<date>2006-08-30</date> |
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-There are two ways to configure yaBoot for your system. You can use the |
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-new and improved <c>yabootconfig</c> included with |
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-<path>yaboot-1.3.8-r1</path> and later to automatically set up yaboot. If |
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-for some reason you do not want to run <c>yabootconfig</c> to |
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-automatically set up <path>/etc/yaboot.conf</path> or you are installing Gentoo |
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-on a G5 (on which <c>yabootconfig</c> does not always work), you can just edit |
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-the sample file already installed on your system. |
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+There are two ways to configure yaBoot for your system. You can use the new and |
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+improved <c>yabootconfig</c> included with <path>yaboot-1.3.8-r1</path> and |
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+later to automatically set up yaboot. If for some reason you do not want to run |
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+<c>yabootconfig</c> to automatically set up <path>/etc/yaboot.conf</path> or you |
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+are installing Gentoo on a G5 (on which <c>yabootconfig</c> does not always |
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+work), you can just edit the sample file already installed on your system. |
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</p> |
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-<impo> |
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-If you are installing on a G5 using an online install and have not used the |
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-G5 optimized stages you must change what profile you are linked to now. If you |
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-do not you will not get dependencies necessary for yaboot to run on Apple |
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-equipment. In the command below replace <c>(userland)</c> with your chosen |
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-userland bit level. If you are installing on a G5 using an offline install |
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-you have to install these packages by hand. |
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-# <i>rm /etc/make.profile</i> |
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+<pre caption="Installing Necessary File System Tools"> |
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# <i>emerge hfsutils hfsplusutils</i> |
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</pre> |
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<comment>(64bit userland)</comment> |
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# <i>emerge --update yaboot-static</i> |
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<comment>(32bit userland)</comment> |
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To use <c>yabootconfig</c>, your drive must have a bootstrap partition, and |
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-<path>/etc/fstab</path> must be configured with your Linux partitions. Both of |
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+<path>/etc/fstab</path> must be configured with your Linux partitions. Both of |
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these should have been done already in the steps above. To start, ensure that |
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yaboot-static</c>. This is necessary as the latest version will be available via |
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-Now run <c>yabootconfig</c>. The program will run and it will confirm |
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-the location of the bootstrap partition. Type <c>Y</c> if it is correct. If |
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-not, double check <path>/etc/fstab</path>. yabootconfig will then scan your |
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-system setup, create <path>/etc/yaboot.conf</path> and run <c>mkofboot</c> for |
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-you. <c>mkofboot</c> is used to format the bootstrap partition, and install |
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-the yaboot configuration file into it. |
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+Now run <c>yabootconfig</c>. The program will run and it will confirm the |
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+location of the bootstrap partition. Type <c>Y</c> if it is correct. If not, |
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+double check <path>/etc/fstab</path>. yabootconfig will then scan your system |
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+setup, create <path>/etc/yaboot.conf</path> and run <c>mkofboot</c> for you. |
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+<c>mkofboot</c> is used to format the bootstrap partition, and install the |
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+yaboot configuration file into it. |
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<comment>## /etc/yaboot.conf |
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## This section can be duplicated if you have more than one kernel or set of |
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-## boot options - replace 2.6.17-gentoo-r5 with your kernel-version |
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+## boot options - replace <keyval id="kernel-name"/> with your kernel-version |
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-Once <path>yaboot.conf</path> is set up the way you want it, you run |
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-<c>mkofboot -v</c> to install the settings in the bootstrap partition. |
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-<e>Don't forget this!</e> Confirm when <c>mkofboot</c> asks you to create a new |
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+Once <path>yaboot.conf</path> is set up the way you want it, you run <c>mkofboot |
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+-v</c> to install the settings in the bootstrap partition. <e>Don't forget |
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+this!</e> Confirm when <c>mkofboot</c> asks you to create a new filesystem. |
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-If all goes well, and you have the same |
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-options as the sample above, your next reboot will give you a simple, |
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-five-entry boot menu. If you update your yaboot config later on, you'll |
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-just need to run <c>ybin -v</c> to update the bootstrap partition - |
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-<c>mkofboot</c> is for initial setup only. |
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+If all goes well, and you have the same options as the sample above, your next |
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+reboot will give you a simple, five-entry boot menu. If you update your yaboot |
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+config later on, you'll just need to run <c>ybin -v</c> to update the bootstrap |
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+partition - <c>mkofboot</c> is for initial setup only. |
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For more information on yaboot, take a look at the <uri |
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-link="http://penguinppc.org/projects/yaboot">yaboot project</uri>. For |
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-now, continue the installation with <uri link="#reboot">Rebooting your |
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+link="http://penguinppc.org/projects/yaboot">yaboot project</uri>. For now, |
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+continue the installation with <uri link="#reboot">Rebooting your System</uri>. |
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-On IBM hardware you cannot run yabootconfig or ybin. You must proceed with the |
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- (Take a look at the config above, look into the man page of |
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- yaboot.conf or look at the below yaboot.conf example)</li> |
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- <li>Assuming your boot device in OF is pointing to the harddrive you |
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- prep boot partition is on then it'll just work, otherwise at IPL time, |
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- go into the multiboot menu and set the boot device to the one with |
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+ Run <c>dd if=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot.chrp of=/dev/sdXX</c> (fill in XX with |
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+ <path>/dev/sda1</path>) |
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+ </li> |
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+ <li> |
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+ Next construct your own <path>yaboot.conf</path> file and place into |
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+ <path>/etc</path>. (Take a look at the config above, look into the man page |
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+ of <path>yaboot.conf</path> or look at the below <path>yaboot.conf</path> |
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+ example.) |
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+ </li> |
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+ <li> |
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+ Assuming your boot device in OF is pointing to the harddrive you prep boot |
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+ partition is on then it'll just work, otherwise at IPL time, go into the |
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+ multiboot menu and set the boot device to the one with your prep boot |
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+ partition |
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-you can use a simplified yaboot.conf. The following should be sufficient: |
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+For POWER4, POWER5, and blade-based hardware where the PReP disk partition and |
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+the disk partition that contains your kernel are on the same physical disk, you |
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+can use a simplified <path>yaboot.conf</path>. The following should be |
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There are some partitions named like this: <path>Apple_Driver43, |
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-You might have to use parted in order to delete them, as mac-fdisk can't delete them yet. |
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+Apple_Driver_ATA, Apple_FWDriver, Apple_Driver_IOKit, Apple_Patches</path>. If |
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+you are not planning to use MacOS 9 you can delete them, because MacOS X and |
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+Linux don't need them. You might have to use parted in order to delete them, as |
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-If you are installing Gentoo to perform as a mailserver, your |
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-<path>/var</path>. A good choice of filesystem will then maximise your |
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-security and backups. You will definitely want to keep <path>/usr</path> big: |
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-not only will it contain the majority of applications, the Portage tree alone |
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-takes around 500 Mbyte excluding the various sources that are stored in it. |
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+If you are installing Gentoo to perform as a mailserver, your <path>/var</path> |
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+should be separate as all mails are stored inside <path>/var</path>. A good |
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+choice of filesystem will then maximise your performance. Gameservers will have |
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+a separate <path>/opt</path> as most gaming servers are installed there. The |
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+reason is similar for <path>/home</path>: security and backups. You will |
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+definitely want to keep <path>/usr</path> big: not only will it contain the |
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+majority of applications, the Portage tree alone takes around 500 Mbyte |
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+excluding the various sources that are stored in it. |
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</li> |
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+However, multiple partitions have one big disadvantage: if not configured |
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+properly, you might result in having a system with lots of free space on one |
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+partition and none on another. There is also a 15-partition limit for SCSI and |
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-If you don't see any of the partitions you created, or the changes you made, you should reinitialize your partitions by pressing "i" in mac-fdisk. |
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-Note that this will recreate the partition map and thus remove all your partitions. |
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+To make sure everything is ok, you should run mac-fdisk once more and check |
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+whether all the partitions are there. If you don't see any of the partitions you |
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+created, or the changes you made, you should reinitialize your partitions by |
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+pressing <c>i</c> in mac-fdisk. Note that this will recreate the partition map |
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+and thus remove all your partitions. |
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-If you are planning to use a RAID disk array for your gentoo installation and |
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+If you are planning to use a RAID disk array for your Gentoo installation and |
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you are using POWER5-based hardware, you should now run <c>iprconfig</c> to |
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-time to mount those partitions. Use the <c>mount</c> command. As an example we |
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+time to mount those partitions. Use the <c>mount</c> command. Don't forget to |
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+create the necessary mount directories for every partition you created. As an |
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+example we create a mount point and mount the root and boot partition: |
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+# <i>mkdir /mnt/gentoo</i> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2007.0/hb-install-ppc64-kernel.xml,v 1.1 2007/03/19 20:37:28 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2007.0/hb-install-ppc64-kernel.xml,v 1.2 2007/04/01 23:16:09 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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-<version>7.1</version> |
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<date>2007-02-26</date> |
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You first need to select your timezone so that your system knows where it is |
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-located. Look for your timezone in <path>/usr/share/zoneinfo</path>, then copy |
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-it to <path>/etc/localtime</path>. Please avoid the |
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+located. Look for your timezone in <path>/usr/share/zoneinfo</path>. You then |
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+set your timezone in <path>/etc/conf.d/clock</path>. Please avoid the |
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<path>/usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/GMT*</path> timezones as their names do not |
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indicate the expected zones. For instance, <path>GMT-8</path> is in fact GMT+8. |
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<pre caption="Setting the timezone information"> |
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# <i>ls /usr/share/zoneinfo</i> |
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<comment>(Suppose you want to use GMT)</comment> |
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-# <i>cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT /etc/localtime</i> |
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+# <i>nano -w /etc/conf.d/clock</i> |
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+TIMEZONE="GMT" |
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When you take a look in <path>/usr/src</path> you should see a symlink called |
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<path>linux</path> pointing to your kernel source. In this case, the installed |
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-kernel source points to <c>gentoo-sources-2.6.17-r5</c>. Your version may be |
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-different, so keep this in mind. |
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+kernel source points to <c>gentoo-sources-<keyval id="kernel-version"/></c>. |
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+Your version may be different, so keep this in mind. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Viewing the kernel source symlink"> |
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# <i>ls -l /usr/src/linux</i> |
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-lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Aug 10 11:04 /usr/src/linux -> linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r5 |
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+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Aug 10 11:04 /usr/src/linux -> linux-<keyval id="kernel-version"/> |
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-Now go to <c>File Systems</c> and select support for the filesystems you |
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-use. <e>Don't</e> compile them as modules, otherwise your Gentoo system |
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-will not be able to mount your partitions. Also select <c>Virtual |
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-memory</c>, <c>/proc file system</c>, and <c>/dev/pts file system for |
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+Now go to <c>File Systems</c> and select support for the filesystems you use. |
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+<e>Don't</e> compile them as modules, otherwise your Gentoo system will not be |
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+able to mount your partitions. Also select <c>Virtual memory</c>, <c>/proc file |
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+system</c>, and <c>/dev/pts file system for Unix98 PTYs</c>: |
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<pre caption="Selecting necessary file systems"> |
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Index: hb-install-ppc64-medium.xml |
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You can download the Universal Installation CD (and, if you want to, the |
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-link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">mirrors</uri>. The Installation CDs are located |
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-directory. |
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+Packages CD as well) from one of our <uri |
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+link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">mirrors</uri>. The Installation CDs are located in |
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+the <path><keyval id="release-dir"/>installcd</path> directory; the Package CDs |
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This option takes one of the following vendor-specific tags: |
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<c>radeonfb</c>, <c>rivafb</c>, <c>atyfb</c>, <c>aty128</c>, <c>nvidiafb</c> |
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- or <c>ofonly</c>. You can follow this tag with the resolution and |
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- . If you are uncertain what to choose, <c>ofonly</c> will most certainly |
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- work. |
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+ or <c>ofonly</c>. You can follow this tag with the resolution and |
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+ refreshrate you want to use. For instance |
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+ <c>video=radeonfb:1280x1024@75</c>. If you are uncertain what to choose, |
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When the Installation CD boots, it tries to detect all your hardware devices and |
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-loads the appropriate kernel modules to support your hardware. In the |
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-vast majority of cases, it does a very good job. However, in some cases it may |
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-modules you need. If the PCI auto-detection missed some of your system's |
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-hardware, you will have to load the appropriate kernel modules manually. |
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+loads the appropriate kernel modules to support your hardware. In the vast |
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+majority of cases, it does a very good job. However, in some cases it may not |
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+auto-load the kernel modules you need. If the PCI auto-detection missed some of |
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+your system's hardware, you will have to load the appropriate kernel modules |
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-<comment>Activate DMA:</comment> # <i>hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda</i> |
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-<comment>Activate DMA + Safe Performance-enhancing Options:</comment> # <i>hdparm -d 1 -A 1 -m 16 -u 1 -a 64 /dev/hda</i> |
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+<comment>Activate DMA:</comment> |
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+# <i>hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda</i> |
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+<comment>Activate DMA + Safe Performance-enhancing Options:</comment> |
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+# <i>hdparm -d 1 -A 1 -m 16 -u 1 -a 64 /dev/hda</i> |
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<pre caption="Viewing the Online Documentation"> |
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-# <i>links http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc64.xml</i> |
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