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oaaltone
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Location: Amherst, MA
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 Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:08 pm Post subject: Mac mini Installation Woes |
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Alright, the Mac mini boots the 2004.3 LiveCD just fine; everything works out of the box (I don't need wireless/bluetooth/sound).
I followed the install guide as well I could, seeing that there are some inconsistencies (for instance, /etc/fstab is described strangely).
I chose to use genkernel, and compiled like this:
| Code: | | genkernel --udev --kernel-config=/usr/share/genkernel/ppc/G4 all |
I use the automatic yaboot configurator and that seems to go fine, provided I tell it where the kernel is (/boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r6).
I reboot, and Gentoo starts to boot fine, then I receive the following error:
| Code: | * Checking root filesystem...
ext2fs_check_if_mount: No such file or directory while determining whether /dev/hda4 is mounted.
fsck.ext2: No such file or directory while tryping to open /dev/hda5
/dev/hda4: The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
* Filesystem could not be fixed :(
Give root password for maintenance
(or type Control-D for normal startup): |
I got around this error by running this at the yaboot prompt:
| Code: | | Linux video=ofonly gentoo=nodevfs devfs=nomount udev |
Now I can boot into Gentoo fine, but the network card is not working. It worked on the LiveCD, and I was under the impression that genkernel would give me a similar kernel.
This guy's post seems to suggest everything works fine:
http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/view/cs_msg/51045
Any suggestions?
Misc. output:
/etc/fstab:
| Code: | /dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hda4 / ext3 noatime 0 1
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 |
/etc/yaboot.conf:
| Code: | boot=/dev/hda2
device=/pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:
partition=4
root=/dev/hda4
timeout=30
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
image=/boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r6
label=Linux
read-only |
/etc/genkernel.conf:
| Code: | # Genkernel Configuration File
# ===========GENKERNEL BASIC CONFIGURATION=============
# Run 'make menuconfig' before compiling this kernel?
MENUCONFIG="no"
# Run 'make clean' before compilation?
# If set to NO, implies MRPROPER WILL NOT be run
# Also, if clean is NO, it won't copy over any configuration
# file, it will use what's there.
CLEAN="yes"
# Run 'make mrproper' before configuration/compilation?
MRPROPER="yes"
# Copy bootsplash into the initrd image?
BOOTSPLASH="yes"
# Override the arch detection?
# ARCH_OVERRIDE="x86"
# Mount /boot automatically if it isn't mounted?
MOUNTBOOT="yes"
# Save the new configuration in /etc/kernels upon
# successfull compilation
SAVE_CONFIG="yes"
# Use Color output in Genkernel?
USECOLOR="yes"
# Add new kernel to grub?
# BOOTLOADER="grub"
# =========GENKERNEL LOCATION CONFIGURATION============
# Variables:
# %%ARCH%% - Final determined architecture
# %%CACHE%% - Final determined cache location
# Default share directory location
GK_SHARE="/usr/share/genkernel"
# Location of helper-scripts
#GK_BIN="${GK_SHARE}/bin"
GK_BIN="${GK_SHARE}"
# Location of the default cache
CACHE_DIR="${GK_SHARE}/pkg/%%ARCH%%"
# Log output file
DEBUGFILE="/var/log/genkernel.log"
# Debug Level
DEBUGLEVEL=1
# Default location of kernel source
DEFAULT_KERNEL_SOURCE="/usr/src/linux"
# Default kernel config (only use to override using %%ARCH%%/kernel-config-${VER}.${PAT} !)
# DEFAULT_KERNEL_CONFIG="${GK_SHARE}/%%ARCH%%/kernel-config"
# Configuration file for busybox
BUSYBOX_CONFIG="${GK_SHARE}/%%ARCH%%/busy-config"
# BusyBox Version
BUSYBOX_VER="1.00-pre7-losetup-crypto-alpha"
# Busybox bin-cache location, to store pre-compiled busybox
# binary is just a bzip2 busybox executable
BUSYBOX_BINCACHE="%%CACHE%%/busybox-${BUSYBOX_VER}-%%ARCH%%.bz2"
# Location of BusyBox source tarball
BUSYBOX_SRCTAR="${GK_SHARE}/pkg/busybox-${BUSYBOX_VER}.tar.bz2"
# Directory created after busybox tarball is extracted
BUSYBOX_DIR="busybox-${BUSYBOX_VER}"
MODULE_INIT_TOOLS_VER="0.9.15-pre4"
MODULE_INIT_TOOLS_SRCTAR="${GK_SHARE}/pkg/module-init-tools-${MODULE_INIT_TOOLS_VER}.tar.bz2"
MODULE_INIT_TOOLS_DIR="module-init-tools-${MODULE_INIT_TOOLS_VER}"
MODULE_INIT_TOOLS_BINCACHE="%%CACHE%%/insmod-%%ARCH%%-static-2.6.bz2"
MODUTILS_VER="2.4.26"
MODUTILS_SRCTAR="${GK_SHARE}/pkg/modutils-${MODUTILS_VER}.tar.bz2"
MODUTILS_DIR="modutils-${MODUTILS_VER}"
MODUTILS_BINCACHE="%%CACHE%%/insmod-%%ARCH%%-static-2.4.bz2"
DIETLIBC_VER="0.27"
DIETLIBC_SRCTAR="${GK_SHARE}/pkg/dietlibc-${DIETLIBC_VER}.tar.bz2"
DIETLIBC_DIR="dietlibc-${DIETLIBC_VER}"
DIETLIBC_BINCACHE="%%CACHE%%/dietlibc-${DIETLIBC_VER}-%%ARCH%%.tar.bz2"
DIETLIBC_BINCACHE_TEMP="%%CACHE%%/dietlibc-${DIETLIBC_VER}-%%ARCH%%-tempdir"
DEVFSD_VER="1.3.25-dietlibc-kernel25"
DEVFSD_SRCTAR="${GK_SHARE}/pkg/devfsd-${DEVFSD_VER}.tar.bz2"
DEVFSD_DIR="devfsd"
DEVFSD_BINCACHE="%%CACHE%%/devfsd-${DEVFSD_VER}-%%ARCH%%.bz2"
DEVFSD_CONF_BINCACHE="%%CACHE%%/devfsd-conf-${DIETLIBC_VER}-%%ARCH%%.bz2"
UDEV_VER="039"
UDEV_DIR="udev-${UDEV_VER}"
UDEV_SRCTAR="${GK_SHARE}/pkg/udev-${UDEV_VER}.tar.bz2"
UDEV_BINCACHE="%%CACHE%%/udev-${UDEV_VER}-%%ARCH%%.tar.bz2"
DEVICE_MAPPER_VER="1.00.17"
DEVICE_MAPPER_DIR="device-mapper.${DEVICE_MAPPER_VER}"
DEVICE_MAPPER_SRCTAR="${GK_SHARE}/pkg/device-mapper.${DEVICE_MAPPER_VER}.tgz"
DEVICE_MAPPER_BINCACHE="%%CACHE%%/device-mapper-${DEVICE_MAPPER_VER}-%%ARCH%%.tar.bz2"
LVM2_VER="2.00.25"
LVM2_DIR="LVM2.${LVM2_VER}"
LVM2_SRCTAR="${GK_SHARE}/pkg/LVM2.${LVM2_VER}.tgz"
LVM2_BINCACHE="%%CACHE%%/LVM2.${LVM2_VER}-%%ARCH%%.tar.bz2" |
lspci:
| Code: | 0000:00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 AGP
0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200] (rev 01)
0001:10:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 PCI
0001:10:17.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid Mac I/O
0001:10:18.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB
0001:10:19.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB
0001:10:1a.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB
0001:10:1b.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
0001:10:1b.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
0001:10:1b.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)
0002:20:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 Internal PCI
0002:20:0d.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth/Intrepid ATA/100
0002:20:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 FireWire (rev 81)
0002:20:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 2 GMAC (Sun GEM) (rev 80) |
lsmod:
| Code: | Module Size Used by
ext3 129396 1
jbd 84036 1 ext3 |
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Achille
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| There is a site dedicated to the installation of Debian Linux on the Mac mini. You can find there a config file for the kernel. |
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oaaltone
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mavherzog
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Location: Southern Iraq
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 3:06 am Post subject: |
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Excellent write up! I'll will compare your experiences with my own as soon as MY Mac Mini is delivered. (I actually ordered THREE of them...two base models for the kids and one a little more pimped out for myself (faster CPU, 512MB ram, smartdrive, bigger HD, etc))
If the OS X/Gentoo on PPC experience is what I hope, I'm fully expecting that my Mini will end up on my wife's desk and I will be purchasing a higher-end Mac by year's end.  |
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