G2 classic Amiga & AmigaONE Gentoo

drGspot · n00b Joined: 17 Oct 2004 Posts: 3

what is the easiest way of putting GentooPPC on:

1. classicAmiga1200+PowerPerformanceChip 603e+(G2)
2. AmigaONE G3/G4

Should i put APUS/Linux RedHat first ?
Or Debian 3.0ppc
Where shoud i compile kernel & distro ?

I dont wont to discover hot water

drGspot

porodzila · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 9:43 pm Post subject:

hmm, does the live cd not boot, probably not. You say debian works on thos machines?. Try installing gentoo from debian.
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john36 · Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:39 am Post subject:

I have gentoo on an Amigaone, and I hope you can get it going, too.
It sure is lonely out here.

Here's what I did. There are probably easier ways to do it.

1. Install debian as per the amigaone instructions. However, when you set up your disk
create an extra partition ( or 2 ) for gentoo.

Boot into debian. Download the stage 3 gentoo install.
Follow the gentoo install instructuons. The key steps are listed below, but I am leaving out a ton of details.

Unpack stage 3 into your gentoo partition.
chroot into your new partion.
download an amigaone kernel source tree.

It used to be on
http://amigaone-linux.sourceforge.net/download.php
but it's not there now (supposed to return "soon")
Instructions on building an amigaone source tree are also on

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/zarniwhoop/kernel/kernel.html

This site is mainly geared towards 2.6 kernels, while I and most of the amigaone community are running 2.4.2x. However, there is some 2.4 info at the bottom of the page.
It will be harder generating your source tree this way. Be advised!

Use one of the amigaone .config files.
To get a gentoo kernel you need to turn on devfs and one or two other things. Should be explained in the gentoo handbook. (A must read! read it twice before you start, and have a hard copy available while you are doing it. Use a highlighter to mark key steps.)
While building your kernel, make sure you have the program
mkimage ( on http://amigaone-linux.sourceforge.net/download.php) in
your path.

to create an img file.that can be used to boot the amigaone into linux

This can be copied to your PPC Prep partition, but I strongly recommend against that.
I would suggst burning it to a cd and booting off of the cd until you are sure your kernel works.

You can also set up your amigaone to multiboot, and then you just need to copy your kernel image to a subdirectory. This is a whole new lesson.

It's been a very long time since I did the install, and
my memory is a bit fuzzy. Also, a lot has changed in amigaone land and gentoo land since I did my install.

Good luck. I wouldnt call it easy, but it's not terribly complex. I had the advantage of being experienced with gentoo on an x86. If you are basically a newbie, it might be tough, but not impossible.

Gentoo has great documentation and a great user community.

porodzila · Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 5:31 pm Post subject:

I want an Amiga, No fair!
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gHost · Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:39 pm Post subject: Gentoo on Classic Amiga PPC 603e

Sorry for digging out this old Thread.

I'm very curious, if this works for the Classic Amiga with PPC603e aswell.
Has anybody ever installt Gentoo on such a machine ??
My machine has the following hardware:

Amiga 1200
Blizzard 603e+(210 MHz) and 68040 Companion Prozessor for Classic AmigaOS
Bvision PPC with Permedia 2 GFX Chip
100MB Ram
SCSI Bus with enough HD space
Sound: Onboard Paula Chip
NO PCI Hardware, because it's still in the Desktop Case.

I hope that there will be a way to install Gentoo on this machine.

Greets gHost

Beresford · n00b Joined: 14 Aug 2005 Posts: 5 Location: Graz

Hello

Had you already success with your Gentoo installation on your Amiga 1200 ?

I'm currently on it too

I have here an Amiga 1200 with a 603e 240Mhz, a 68040 40Mhz CPU and 128MB of Fast Ram

What Files did you use to install debian ? For the moment I'm still looking for the proper files, but I think to remember that the SCSI chipset of the Blizzard PPC 603e is not supported 'currently' (currently means that old days

)..
only the original ide chipset and the u-wide SCSI Controller of the A3000/A4000 BlizzardPPC's is supported.

Please write me a mail or simply answer here if you are still on it

Best wishes from an Amiga Outpost in Austria

siggi