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glecomte
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:18 pm    Post subject: iMag G3 stuck during boot on "populating /dev" Reply with quote

Hello,

I have gotten hold of an old iMac G3 (M5521) and am trying to install linux on it.
I downloaded and burned the Gentoo PPC 32 minimal CD. I get the yaboot prompt and enter "ppc32". THe iMac boots until it gets to "populating /dev with existing devices through events" and then gets stuck here.
I tried adding nodetect, nohotplus, nocoldplus, etc to ppc32 but it does not solve the problem.

Anybody has a clue :?:

Thanks a lot.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 1:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

same happened to me yesterday : latest minimal install cd apparently is just broken, the issue you mention is just one of them.
my advice : use another livecd, you dont really have to be using the install cd from gentoo in order to install gentoo.

cheers
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you gringo. I tried with the previous iso 20120617 but the results are the same.
I'll try with a Debian iso.. when my DSL connection is up again.
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