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Where can I get the source for the gcloop.o module? I got a working |
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kernel but it can't load the pre-built module from the livecd |
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Pieter Van den Abeele wrote: |
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> On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Andrew Gaffney wrote: |
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>> I just joined this list, so I don't know if this subject has been |
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>>covered before. I have a PowerMac 6100/60. Unfortunately, its pre-PCI, |
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>>so its *cringe* NuBus. Well, I'm currently running YellowDog Linux 2.1 |
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>>on it using a custom kernel patched with support for NuBus that i cross |
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>>compiled from one of my x86 boxes. Can this same thing be done with Gentoo? |
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>> I was skimming the PPC Install doc and it said something about |
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>>auto-probing PCI hardware, which if I'm not mistaken, would cause the |
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>>box to lock up. So, even if I compiled a custom kernel, would I get |
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>>caught here trying to install? |
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> With the old 1.2 cd probably not. The newest ppc livecd is probably what |
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> you're looking for. Just replace the kernel, boot using bootX and the |
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> thing should work.(if you can get the gcloop.o module to compile and run |
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> for your config) I can build a custom nubus livecd if you send me the |
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> kernel source and the config you're using. I might be able to build a |
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> really small one especially for nubus if you want. |
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> gcloop hasn't been tested on oldworld yet I think, but it should work. |
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> without gcloop the livecd wouldn't be that small (more like 200-300 meg |
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>> If I can get past this, are there any other pitfalls that anyone else |
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>>who has done this before would care to tell me about? Also, does anyone |
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>>have a URL to a doc on how to set up a cross-compiler in Gentoo? |
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> join #gentoo-embedded ask zwelch |
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>> I've installed Gentoo many times on x86 boxes and love it. It has |
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>>quickly become my favorite distribution. I want all of my computers to |
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