[solved]Gentoo PPC 64 install hangs on dual core G5 PowerMac

Winda · n00b Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 17

I'm trying to install Gentoo PPC 64 (2006.0) on a dual core G5 PowerMac. However, shortly after the kernel boots and the RamDisk loads, I get a screen that is mostly white, with a few black lines, and the following text in white:

CF000100

MM Init
CF000100

MM Init Done
CF000012

Setup Arch

And it seems to hang there. After being stuck there for 30 seconds or so, the fans will spin up to full speed. But that's all that happens.

Can anyone give me any ideas on what's going on?

Thanks in advance for any help.

nixnut · Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 7:39 pm Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Gentoo on PPC.
you'll probably have better luck here

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corsair · Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 7:56 pm Post subject:

please try out this live cd: http://gentoo.osuosl.org/experimental/ppc64/livecd/install-ppc64-minimal-dual-core-2006.0-32ul.iso

(note that you can install 32 bit *and* 64 bit userland using this live cd, as it uses a 64 bit kernel)

Winda · n00b Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 17

Hi,

Thank you. That CD seems to be working. But now I have another problem. It tries to use an unsuported video mode. (According to my monitor, the refresh rate it is getting is ridiculously high. 154 Hz I think it was).

So I rebooted, and tried using the video=ofonly option at the boot prompt as suggested by the handbook:

boot: video=ofonly
Please wait, loading kernel...
cd:2, video=ofonly: Unknown or corrupt file system

Thanks again for the help

JoseJX · Retired Dev Joined: 28 Apr 2002 Posts: 2774

You need to name the kernel (ppc64? I'm not sure what it is on those CDs) then the boot paramters. For instance, with the ppc32 CD, you would type (at the boot: prompt)
boot: ppc32 video=ofonly
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Winda · n00b Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 17

Ah. Thank you. It's booting now.

And the thermal support seems to be working as well. My fans aren't spinning up like vacume cleaners like they were when I tried installing ones that didn't have the thermal support for the dual cores yet.