From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2685 invoked from network); 16 Nov 2004 22:40:46 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 16 Nov 2004 22:40:46 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CUC0E-0007NS-Ov for arch-gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 22:40:46 +0000 Received: (qmail 18338 invoked by uid 89); 16 Nov 2004 22:40:46 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-mips-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-mips@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 23027 invoked from network); 16 Nov 2004 22:40:46 +0000 Message-ID: <419A8212.1070800@vt.edu> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 17:41:22 -0500 From: "Stephen P. Becker" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041106) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-mips@lists.gentoo.org References: <200411162032.iAGKW64w023667@qix.software.umn.edu> <1100639648.14720.21.camel@populus> <419A70CF.5040806@wooh.hu> <1100641979.14720.25.camel@populus> <419A7A2C.305@gentoo.org> <757fbd8104111614332ebf960e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <757fbd8104111614332ebf960e@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-mips] SGI O2 R5000 on initial boot screen freaks out X-Archives-Salt: 664ea678-08af-4b3d-b962-dbe5283bd70e X-Archives-Hash: 3359f99140ca580528a3a2a25871554d Oscar Almer wrote: > Hi > > in my humble experience, it is possible to get an O2 to boot off a CD > instead of a NFS partition by setting a PROM variable (OSLoadOptions > or something like it) to point to /dev/cdroms/cdrom0. It saves the > hassle of having to set up a NFS server thing if you never have done > so before (like me). > Disclaimer: I am not a developer, nor anything else. It just happened > that that worked for me, so i thought i'd mention it. > We actually do have a livecd now. It should be in the experimental folder on the gentoo mirrors. Make sure to read the documentation in the directory with it, as it doesn't automagically work. You have to set prom variables first. Steve -- gentoo-mips@gentoo.org mailing list