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Hi, new Gentoo user here (but not new to the wonderful world of unix). |
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A few weeks ago I installed Gentoo into Parallels under OSX on my |
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MacBook Pro (rev 2, Core2Duo) to start familiarizing myself with the |
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system. I liked it well enough that I decided to get in a little |
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deeper and experiment with the x86_64 release. My MBPro is capable of |
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running it so I repartitioned my drive and was off to the races. |
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I've been following the great instructions on the wiki posted here |
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[1] using the minimal install CD with the 2006.1 profile. However, |
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the instructions there primarily focus on the 32-bit release. I |
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coupled those instructions with the Gentoo Handbook for x86_64 to |
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cover the areas that the wiki (rightly) left out [2]. The goal was to |
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install a pure 64-bit non-multilib system to use as a base for a Xen |
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Dom0 (I switched to the non-multilib profile in my chroot). |
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The MacBook installation instructions contained pointers to some |
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internal [3] and external [4] sources which were helpful. These other |
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pages mostly focus on doing a 32-bit install so I've been searching |
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high and low for a kernel.config for a 64-bit build known to work on |
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a MacBook Pro. I tried creating one myself but it doesn't boot. Grub |
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(0.97 installed via "emerge grub-static" per the handbook) displays |
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my customized 2.6.20 + mactel patched kernel but the boot attempt |
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results in a black screen and no hard drive activity. I'm at a bit of |
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a loss to troubleshoot this. |
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Anyone have a working kernel.config for x86_64 that they can point me |
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to? I'd be happy to update the wiki to include more specific |
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instructions related to x86_64 once I get a working system. |
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Thanks for your help. |
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[1] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_MacBook |
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[2] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml |
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[3] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_MacBook/Configuration_Files |
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[4] http://www.odi.ch/prog/macbookpro/index.php |
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