ppc trips at the gate

pheidius · n00b Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 6

Hi

Quad 2.5 ppc
4.5gb 553 ram
rocketraid2320
nvida 6600 256mb

Hi,

I am trying to rtfm but I am a newbie. I have a 30 gb partition(HFS+) ready for Gentoo.
I downloaded "install-ppc64-universal-2006.0-32ul.iso" as well as the packages that matched up. I burned a cd using Mac OS X's disk in a way I think was a raw burn, IE, I opened the install .iso and then selected it to burn. Disk Utility returned an unable to verify disk error but just for grins and giggles, I tried to boot with it anyway and it did boot the machine. When I tried to install, however, it hung on the task "setup arch." I re-downloaded the image and this time did a checksum comparison and both iso's were fine. I also zeroed out my cd-rw just in case I had a media problem and reburned.
Everything came out the same:Disk utility reported the error "unable to verify," the cd booted the machine, and it hung at setup arch.
What next?

thorpe · Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 3:49 am Post subject:

try the minimal install cd and do a manual install. The GUI install is still in beta (I think) and is known to have issues.
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pheidius · n00b Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 6

hi

Well I tried your advice. This time I checksummed right away and also zeroed out my cr-rw media. The minimal install did the exact same thing. It boots, then hangs at the "setup arch" task and hangs forever. I do get the boot prompt. So did this mean
I can do a manual install piece by piece untill it chokes thus finding out what it is choking on?

thorpe · Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:17 am Post subject:

nixnut · Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:21 am Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Gentoo on PPC.
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pheidius · n00b Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 6

Hi,

Box:
Quad 2.5 PPC
4.5 GB non ecc 533 Ram
RocketRaid2320
Nvida 6600 256mb

software resources:
install-ppc64-minimal-2006.0.iso
install-ppc64-minimal-2006.0.iso.DIGESTS
install-ppc64-minimal-2006.0.iso.CONTENTS
install-ppc64-universal-2006.0-32ul.iso
install-ppc64-universal-2006.0-32ul.iso.DIGESTS
install-ppc64-universal-2006.0-32ul.iso.CONTENTS

Checksum.app

I am still stuck on this installation attempt.
Here is a recap of the situation:

Both the minimal .iso images(install-ppc64-minimal-2006.0.iso) and the universal.iso(install-ppc64-universal-2006.0-32ul.iso)have been checksummed and check out good.
I zereod out my cd media in both cases to make sure I had no media damage that might cause corruption of the images.

When I boot from either the minimal or uninversal ppc 64 ect. ect. I get to a black screen that says:

Welcome to the the Genntoo 2006 PPC install-CD. This cd allows you to install on 64 bit apple and IBM Hardware either a 32 or 64 bit user land, running on top of a 64 bit kernal. Please refer to help on the cd to learn more about this install-cd.

Gentoo Installation Handbook http://ppc64.gentoo.org
further info http;// ppc64gentoo.org
Bugs: "bugs.gentoo.org(Cc ppc64@gentoo.org)
IRC :#gentoo-ppc64 on IRC.freenode.net
pesss tab to shoow the kernals. welcome to yaboot version 1.3.11
enter "help to get some basic usage information

Boot:

if I push enter it says "loading kernal"
Elf64 ramdisk loaded
(then something else real quick)

then I hang in a grey screen that says
Cf00100
MM Init
CF000012
MM Init Done
Cf000012
Setup Arch

The machine just hangs here with the fans running pretty fast

When I press tab the kernal that is available is:

G5 G5-ttyS0,57600

I know you are not really supposed to guess when you are asking for help but the above is all the hard data I know to give.
I was looking at arch.app and it seems as if this is the architecture part of the kernal.
Given that this is very new hardware is it possible that there is either a bug in the image or that this hardware is not yet supported?
Anyone have any ideas?

veonline · n00b Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 58

think the quad processor is not supported yet...
you shoul find a README file in the root inside the iso telling something about

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

ISOs for dual core machines are here:
http://gentoo.osuosl.org/experimental/ppc64/livecd/

You should make your topic more descriptive so the ppc64 devs know this is a thread for them. :p
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pheidius · n00b Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 6

Hi

Yes. I have just found a mimimal dual core kernal that works and I was about to post asking if anyone knew a link for a full install dual core iso so I will use your suggested link

pheidius · n00b Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 6

oops This is all minimal install too does anyone know a full install link or are all experimental distributions minimal installs?

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

They're all minimal, full releases are only done for actual releases (2006.0, 2006.1, etc.). You can use the stage3 from the last release with this CD, afaik.
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pheidius · n00b Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 6

Hi

Thanks for help. I will push forward with the manual now.