[gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: gentoo-ppc-faq.xml

[Joseph Jezak]

josejx      05/08/05 03:32:08

  Modified:    xml/htdocs/doc/en gentoo-ppc-faq.xml
  Log:
  Last of the updates from Bug #99073.

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--- gentoo-ppc-faq.xml	29 Jul 2005 17:31:26 -0000	1.38
+++ gentoo-ppc-faq.xml	5 Aug 2005 03:32:08 -0000	1.39
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml,v 1.38 2005/07/29 17:31:26 josejx Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml,v 1.39 2005/08/05 03:32:08 josejx Exp $ -->
 
 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
 
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 
 <license/>
 
-<version>1.19</version>
-<date>2005-07-29</date>
+<version>1.20</version>
+<date>2005-08-4</date>
 
 <chapter>
 <title>Installation</title>
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
-As long as Mac OS X does not offer <c>md5sum</c>, you have to use the
-<c>openssl</c> capability to produce an md5 checksum.  Therefore, type in
-a Terminal the following:
+You can check your MD5 sum using the <c>md5sum</c> tool provided with OSX.  On 
+versions of OSX without md5sum, you can use <c>openssl</c> capability to produce
+an md5 checksum.
 </p>
 
-<pre caption="md5sum with the help of openssl">
+<pre caption="Creating an md5sum with openssl">
 <comment>(This could take some time depending of the size of the ISO and your CPU)</comment>
 $ <i>openssl md5 /path/to/iso</i>
 </pre>
@@ -76,20 +76,17 @@
 </uri> for details on yabootconfig). The trick is in how you partition your hard
 drive. Before installing Gentoo, startup with the Mac OS X Install CD. Use the 
 <c>Disk Utility</c> to partition the drive in your machine into two or three 
-partitions.  Alternatively, use <c>parted</c> from the recent LiveCD, since that
-can handle HFS and HFS+ partitions.  Parted is also able to shrink a partition 
-so you don't need to delete your existing install. The first partition should 
-be big enough to contain all your Linux partitions (root+swap+/home etc.). The 
-format of this partition does not matter.  The second partition should be for 
-OS X.  The third (and optional) partition should be for classic Mac OS. It is 
-needed only if you want to put Mac OS 9 on a separate partition.
+partitions.  Alternatively, use <c>parted</c> from a recent Gentoo InstallCD, 
+since that has been patched to handle HFS and HFS+ partitions.  Parted is also 
+able to shrink a partition so you don't need to delete your existing install. 
+The first partition should be big enough to contain all your Linux partitions
+(root+swap+/home etc.). The format of this partition does not matter.  The 
+second partition should be for OS X.  The third (and optional) partition should
+be for classic Mac OS. It is only required if you intend of being able to
+triple boot, since OS9 must be on a seperate partition from OSX for this to
+work.
 </p>
 
-<note>
-If you want to be able to triple-boot with yaboot, Mac OS 9 needs
-to be on a separate partition from your Mac OS X installation.
-</note>
-
 <p>
 After partitioning, install Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 onto their
 respective partitions. Once installation is complete, start following
@@ -134,8 +131,7 @@
 </pre>
 
 <p>
-The CD should load as expected afterwards.  Thanks to John Plesmid for this
-workaround.
+The CD should boot as expected now, thanks to John Plesmid for this workaround.
 </p>
 
 </body>
@@ -158,37 +154,6 @@
 </section>
 <section>
 <title>
-Is it possible to boot Gentoo Linux on an OldWorld machine without Mac OS? I 
-would like to have a Mac OS-free machine.
-</title>
-<body>
-
-<p>
-If you have a lot of time to experiment, you could try 
-<uri link="http://penguinppc.org/projects/quik/">Quik</uri>. <e>Quik</e> is a
-bootloader for OldWorld PPC machines. If your machine uses <e>BootX</e>, you can
-use <e>Quik</e>; if it uses <e>yaboot</e>, you can't.  <e>Quik</e> can be
-incredibly difficult to install, but the end result is somewhere between "neato"
-and "breathtaking" because Mac OS does not have to load. Think yaboot on speed.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Be sure to read the <uri
-link="http://penguinppc.org/projects/quik/quirks.shtml">Quik quirks
-page</uri> for help getting your Old World PPC booting with Quik. The
-"<uri link="http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/models.html">NetBSD/MacPPC Model
-Support</uri>" documents various OpenFirmware versions for various Apple and 
-clone PowerPC machines and is also a helpful reference.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Thanks to vladimir for this information.
-</p>
-
-</body>
-</section>
-<section>
-<title>
 I have a Beige G3 machine. Can I install Gentoo Linux/PPC on a second IDE hard 
 drive?
 </title>
@@ -527,12 +492,15 @@
 </pre>
 
 <p>
-Where wlan0 is your wifi card's device name.  For Airport users, the wifi device
-is often eth1.  For more details on iwconfig, refer to its man page.
+Where wlan0 is your wifi card's device name.  For Airport users, 
+the wifi device is often eth1.  For more details on iwconfig, 
+refer to its man page.
 </p>
 
 <note>
-Airport Extreme cards are not yet supported on Linux.
+Airport Extreme cards are not yet supported on Linux, but a workaround now
+exists, please see this forum post for more information:
+<uri>http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-365647.html</uri>
 </note>
 
 </body>
@@ -665,9 +633,11 @@
 <body>
 
 <p>
-Simply emerge <c>Xautoconfig</c>.  Once the package has been emerged, run
-Xautoconfig to generate the config for your setup.  To enable DRM, you may need
-to do further tweaking, see the sections below.
+Simply emerge <c>Xorgautoconfig</c>.  Once the package has been emerged, run
+<c>Xorgautoconfig</c> to generate the config for your setup.  If you would like
+to set a keyboard layout, you can use the --keymap flag.  Note that although
+<c>Xorgautoconfig</c> does set up DRM for most users, you may need to change
+your kernel configuration to support this.
 </p>
 
 </body>
@@ -697,7 +667,7 @@
 <p>
 Rebuild and install the kernel if necessary. After this, make sure you
 have booted to the native framebuffer (i.e. radeonfb or atyfb and
-<e>not</e> from offb or ofonly video), and run <c>Xautoconfig</c>.
+<e>not</e> from offb or ofonly video), and run <c>Xorgautoconfig</c>.
 </p>
 
 <impo>
@@ -708,10 +678,12 @@
 </impo>
 
 <note>
-There currently isn't any DRI support for the R300/R400 chipsets, a project has
-been started at <uri>http://r300.sourceforge.net</uri>. nVidia chipsets are also
-mostly unsupported on PPC, there is basic 2D acceleration provided by the nv 
-driver, but no 3D acceleration.
+There currently isn't any DRI support for the R300/R400 chipsets, but a project
+has been started at <uri>http://r300.sourceforge.net</uri>.  Initial support for
+the chipset is slated to be included in the next major version of X.org as the
+r300 project is now part of the DRI project.  nVidia chipsets are also mostly 
+unsupported on PPC, there is basic 2D acceleration provied by the nv driver, but
+no 3D acceleration.
 </note>
 
 </body>
@@ -1054,9 +1026,7 @@
 
 <p>
 Yes! We sell Gentoo on CD-ROM in our <uri link="http://store.gentoo.org/">Gentoo
-store</uri>.  You can choose between CDs with precompiled packages for generic 
-ppc hardware, or optimized for G3 and G4 processors, or a KDE/GNOME LiveCD that 
-boots directly in a live Gentoo Linux environment.
+store</uri>.
 </p>
 
 </body>



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