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tom wrote: |
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> Andrew Gaffney wrote: |
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>> Thanks to Wolf, I was able to get Stuffit Expander installed on my |
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>> Mac. From there, I was able to install BootX, since my system is |
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>> OldWorld. Now, I copied the vmlinux from the Gentoo PPC LiveCD to |
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>> "Linux Kernels" in the System Folder. When I try to select a ramdisk, |
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>> it doesn't show the initrd.img.gz in the list of files. I tried |
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>> copying the file over to the desktop, and it still won't show up in |
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>> the list of files. I tried BootX 1.1.3, 1.2b1, and 1.2.3. I have the |
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>> same problem with all of them. I'm beginning to think that someone is |
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>> trying to tell me that Gentoo doesn't belong on this Mac :) |
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> try: |
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> http://penguinppc.org/projects/bootx/ |
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> for more bootx info. You basically have to click the options button, |
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> select 'Use specified RAM disk', and a dialog will pop up where you can |
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> locate your initrd. |
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> tom |
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I don't know exactly what was happening, but I updated my system from 7.5.2 to |
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7.5.5 and now BootX displays all the files, including the initrd.img.gz :) The |
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LiveCD is booting right now :) |
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