Gentoo Archives: gentoo-ppc-user

From: Pieter Van den Abeele <pvdabeel@g.o>
To: josh <josh@×××××××××××××××.us>
Cc: Gentoo PPC User <gentoo-ppc-user@l.g.o>, Pieter Van den Abeele <pvdabeel@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Installing on laptop
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 15:20:41
Message-Id: 4D5620AC-7B4B-11D8-BA7A-0003938E7E46@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-ppc-user] Installing on laptop by josh
1 I've forwarded your comments to swift@g.o. He maintains the
2 handbook
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4 On 21 Mar 2004, at 16:01, josh wrote:
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6 > The airport module is not included on the g3 cd's I downloaded so
7 > there was no way to use the wireless card.
8
9 There is an airport module on the universal cd.
10
11 > Anyhow, I managed to get gentoo installed with minimal configuring
12 > (too minimal) - and I can boot into OSX, though it isn't the default
13 > though I thought I configured it to be the default - and I can boot
14 > into gentoo. (I haven't even tested my OS9 partition yet though it
15 > shows in the boot menu - BTW, I can hardly make out the yaboot boot
16 > menu because it is so small.)
17 >
18 > But now I can't use the keyboard when I boot into gentoo - so I'm
19 > stuck at the login prompt. I assume that somewhere along the way I
20 > missed a component or module that I needed to include. Which one?
21 > I also guess I can boot off the CD and recompile the kernel.
22 >
23 > Here is a quick
24 >
25 > 1. downloaded and burned a G3 specific ISO.
26
27 are you using the 2004.0 cds?
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29 Best regards,
30
31 Pieter Van den Abeele
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