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On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 06:20:37AM -0500, cremes.devlist@×××.com wrote: |
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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 MacBook |
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> Pro (rev 2, Core2Duo) to start familiarizing myself with the system. I liked |
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> it well enough that I decided to get in a little deeper and experiment with |
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> the x86_64 release. My MBPro is capable of running it so I repartitioned my |
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> drive and was off to the races. |
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> I've been following the great instructions on the wiki posted here [1] using |
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> the minimal install CD with the 2006.1 profile. However, the instructions |
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> there primarily focus on the 32-bit release. I coupled those instructions |
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> with the Gentoo Handbook for x86_64 to cover the areas that the wiki |
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> (rightly) left out [2]. The goal was to install a pure 64-bit non-multilib |
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> system to use as a base for a Xen Dom0 (I switched to the non-multilib |
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> profile in my chroot). |
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> |
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> The MacBook installation instructions contained pointers to some internal |
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> [3] and external [4] sources which were helpful. These other pages mostly |
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> focus on doing a 32-bit install so I've been searching high and low for a |
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> kernel.config for a 64-bit build known to work on a MacBook Pro. I tried |
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> creating one myself but it doesn't boot. Grub (0.97 installed via "emerge |
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> grub-static" per the handbook) displays my customized 2.6.20 + mactel |
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> patched kernel but the boot attempt results in a black screen and no hard |
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> drive activity. I'm at a bit of a loss to troubleshoot this. |
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> Anyone have a working kernel.config for x86_64 that they can point me to? |
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> I'd be happy to update the wiki to include more specific instructions |
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> related to x86_64 once I get a working system. |
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> Thanks for your help. |
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> cr |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_MacBook/Configuration_Files#Kernel_.config |
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Works perfectly for me, although I ditched 64 bit for 32 because of |
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ndiswrapper for wireless. The madwifi-ng people are working on getting |
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the wireless working and have a beta trunk in the works. However, that |
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(as far as I know) does not work with any type of encryption just yet. |
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Matthew Daubenspeck |
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http://oddprocess.org |
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Gentoo Linux x86_64 Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 165 |
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08:11:58 up 75 days, 21:59, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00 |
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