Gentoo Archives: gentoo-ppc-user

From: Michael Stilson Jr <michael.stilson@×××××.edu>
To: gentoo-ppc-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Install on a Power5 (p5 550)
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:09:35
Message-Id: 45537C99.3060100@wmich.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Install on a Power5 (p5 550) by Ovidiu Bivolaru
1 Ovidiu Bivolaru wrote:
2 > I think root is /dev/sda3.
3
4 agreed. most excellent eyes ovidiu, i totally overlooked it the first
5 time i read through this message. :)
6
7
8 rodrigo, please change the "root" and "append" param values from:
9
10 >> root = /dev/sda1
11 >> append="root=/dev/sda1"
12
13 to
14
15 root = /dev/sda3
16 append="root=/dev/sda3"
17
18 and see if that fixes the current hang up.
19
20 good luck
21
22
23 > Rodrigo Monteiro wrote:
24 >> Hello all!
25 >>
26 >> I'm new to this world: PowerPC, RISC, 64 bits.
27 >> So, it's a newbie doubt...
28 >>
29 >> I'm following this manual
30 >> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2006.0/handbook-ppc64.xml?full=1#book_part1
31 >>
32 >> My question it's about the yaboot and the partitions type.
33 >> /dev/sda1: PReP (8MB)
34 >> /dev/sda2: swap (1GB)
35 >> /dev/sda3: / (30GB)
36 >>
37 >> Questions:
38 >> 1) What is an PReP partition?
39 >> 2) How should be my /etc/yaboot.conf like?
40 >> Mine was like "Code Listing 6: yaboot.conf for PReP hardware"
41 >> default = linux
42 >> timeout = 100
43 >> image=/boot/kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r10
44 >> label=linux
45 >> read-only
46 >> root = /dev/sda1
47 >> append="root=/dev/sda1"
48 >> Is it correct?
49 >> Guess not, beacuse after it boots up, crashe and restart.
50 >> What am I doing wrong?
51 >>
52 >> If you need more information, please ask. I don't know what to say
53 >> more :)
54 >>
55 >> Thanks,
56 >> Rodrigo.
57 >
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