xbox: gentoo doesn't boot

[ahorn]

hi all,
i setuped a fresh gentoo install at the xbox with kernel 2.6.16.26 xbox-sources.
i used http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gentoo_for_Xbox as a reference.
i configured the kernel manually. there's no devfs in it anymore (like the wiki uses), so i try to boot with udev without luck. is there someone who can help me?
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[Anubious]

of course, emerge udev

add this to fstab:

udev /dev tmpfs remount,rw,exec,nosuid,mode=0755 0 0

then removes devfs=mount from your linuxboot.cfg

your going to go crazy with 2.6 kernel. its ass on an xbox. Just use 2.4.34.2

\\EDIT: xbox REQUIRES an initramfs to load some modules before it loads gentoo. emerge genkernel, then do:

genkernel --debugfile=/usr/src/linux/genkernel.out --no-bootsplash --no-gensplash --kerneldir=/usr/src/linux/ --oldconfig kernel initrd

make sure /boot is mounted*

[ahorn]

yeah i did what you told me, but still hanging in cromwell after loading the kernel/initrd.
how you did it with 2.4 kernel?
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[Anubious]

I had to download gentoox, i mounted there loop file system, stole there kernel sources, there xorg config file and xbox drivers, and there make.conf and made a perfect gentoo install. did u make sure that when you emerge xbox-sources it actually went? did you copy the kernel.config to .config? it only hangs when it cant find it or when its not xbox patched

[ahorn]

i'm now at kernel 2.4.34.4 with xbox patches, i recompiled the gentoosystem the day to get sure that the system is 2.4 compatible (gcc-3 etc.). i will post my result...

edit: hang again, going over to rip the gentoox stuff and try with this...

please tell me why i need a initramfs? should a compiled-in driver work also? i looked into the initrd linuxrc by gentoox, nothing special in it.
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[Anubious]

you need a initramfs only for 2.6 to load the usb drivers so you can type! for 2.4 you do not.

oh yes, it use to hang when i did

kernel (kernel name)
initrd (initrd name)

___ in linuxnoot.cfg. THen i realized i wasn't typing where to look, so i did

kernel boot/(kernel name)
initrd boot/(kernel name)

i dont know why its hanging for you. Even though i have had problems (i have a solid system now), it never hung when loading the kernel. All i can say is check your linuxboot.cfg and make sure you copied kernel.config to .config and if should work indefinately.

[ahorn]

i used to boot with a cromwell-2.41-dev, just copied the linuxboot.cfg and kernel from the gentoo-xbox-livecd to harddisk. i get the following: can't load kernel grub error 26.
so i guess something is wrong with the harddisk, it's a 160gb drive. i'm going to replace it with a smaller one.
or is there something that missunderstood? i set the bootable flag to hda1 were the kernel resists, do i need mbr-stuff?
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[ahorn]

i have no idea anymore...

can you please give me some files or hints that i can go on?
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[Anubious]

Ok. First off, dont use the livecd in these forums, use the old one (the one located in the gentoo mirros). Its to much trouble upgrading it when all you have to do is use the old one and update it later. And by "it" i mean the LiveCD that is basic gentoo.

Always start from a stage 3 tarball thats i686.

This is all you have to do (and its simple, kind of).
1) Downlod the latest gentoox
2) Keep extracting and extracting till you gett to DISTRO.gz or something similar
3) Get it onto your xbox somehow (download xampp and turn your computer into a webserver real fast and wget it)
4) Mount it via mount -t reiserfs -o loop (dir of image) (dir of mount folder)
5) Go to where you mounted the gentoo loop file system then go to usr/src/2.4.xx.x (i forgot you get the point)
6) copy it to YOUR /usr/src and you dont even have to menuconfig it or anything just make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install
(genkernel is only for 2.6 kernel which i wont recommend for an xbox)
7) copy the resulting files to /boot (WHICH SHOULD BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PARTITION AND MOUNTED on /boot! IF ITS NOT ON A SEPERATE PARTITION IT WILL GIVE YOU AND ERROR)

cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot; cp System.map /boot

make your linuxboot.cfg (in /boot WHICH SHOULD BE A SEPARATE PARTITION)

kernel boot/bzImage
append root=/dev/(root here) kbd-reset video=xbox:640x480,nohwcursor devfs=mount

and if you did your fstab it should boot. There is really nothing i can tell you that can help you. It just boots.

*YOU MUST HAVE 3 or MORE SEPARATE PARTITIONS!

1)ROOT
2)BOOT
3)SWAP

*AS LONG AS BOOT HAS ITS OWN SEPARATE SECTION!

[Anubious]

once you get pas t this part the only other hurdle is X and gentoox saved me on that one (just take his modules for xorg 7.2 which reside in /usr/lib/xorg or something similar)

[ahorn]

damn, i did that all, don't know why the kernel (sadly i can say all kernels) isnt (arent) booting at all!

lately i've to thank you for your help, i'm off for some days, i'm going to think about the problem...
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[ahorn]

sorry, but i got a fine hdd-layout,
hda1 ext2 (50mb) /boot
hda2 swap (512mb) none
hda3 ext3 (~whatever) /

so this shoudnt be the point, but hopefully the failure is similar easy like this.
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[ahorn]

i did it. but don't know how.

i guess the bios chip was little bit broken. after a reflash of cromwell all is going.

i run now a kernel 2.6.21 without initrd and with udev very fine.

if someone like to test my patch, look to https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-566672.html

thanks for your help Anubious
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