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Capcom
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 Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:29 pm Post subject: Gentoo PS3 Installation Problem |
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Hello, I am new to linux, but I've learned a lot from installing it onto my PS3 system.
I am having a very bad problem with the kboot.conf file. I used the directions on http://ps3wiki.qj.net/index.php/Gentoo_Howto to install gentoo to my system. When I try to boot it up, it gives me this error: /init: /etc/kboot.conf: 35: Syntax error: "(" unexpected. I tried to fix it with the directions I found on http://ps3wiki.qj.net/index.php/Fixing_a_Gentoo_install, but the error scrolls through the screen too quickly, scrambling any commands I try to put in. I tried scroll lock, but it didn't work. What should I do to fix this problem?
Someone please help me. |
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Capcom
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Please help me; I don't want to reformat the partition. |
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rangerpb
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| Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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Are you able to drop to a shell when in kboot? If so, you should be able to fix things from there. The other thing you could do is grab the otheros.cdonly image off the cd and install that. Then kboot won't be able to find the errored kboot.conf file. Then you could boot with the livecd and edit the errored file.
Conversly, you could drop to a kboot shell, and then remove the disk partition label from the rootfs. Then issue a reboot and kboot should be unable to find the file. Fix the file and move on.
if you can join us on irc, I can probably walk you through it.
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triod
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| Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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| rangerpb wrote: | Are you able to drop to a shell when in kboot? If so, you should be able to fix things from there.
if you can join us on irc, I can probably walk you through it. |
 its simply mistake
in kboot prompt type *sh*
you see shell #
where are you kernel? /dev/sda1 - for example
do next:
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/root -o ro
kexec -l /mnt/root/you_kernel_file_name --append="here kernel command_line"
on my system: (I do not use initrd)# kexec -l /mnt/root/kernel-2.6.21-opt --append="root=/dev/sda3 video=ps3fb:mode:5 rhgb"
finally execute new kernel # kexec -e
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Capcom
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I fixed that problem, I reformatted the disk and reinstalled gentoo. I now have another problem. After I installed some new kernels, I edited kboot.conf so it would point to them. It appears that the initrd I installed doesn't work, so gentoo cannot start up. I can drop shell though, but when I try to edit kboot.conf, the disk is write protected. |
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Capcom
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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I got gentoo running with a combination of both of your advice; thanks alot!! Now I can fix that new kernel...
Edit: it stopped running.  |
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Capcom
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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| rangerpb wrote: | Are you able to drop to a shell when in kboot? If so, you should be able to fix things from there. The other thing you could do is grab the otheros.cdonly image off the cd and install that. Then kboot won't be able to find the errored kboot.conf file. Then you could boot with the livecd and edit the errored file.
Conversly, you could drop to a kboot shell, and then remove the disk partition label from the rootfs. Then issue a reboot and kboot should be unable to find the file. Fix the file and move on.
if you can join us on irc, I can probably walk you through it. |
How do i do it? |
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