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zhenlin
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 Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2002 4:42 pm Post subject: How to install 1.4 without livecd |
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I use an LCD iMac. I want to test Linux on the PPC, and considering that I use x86 Gentoo Linux, PPC Gentoo Linux was the logical choice.
I go to the ibiblio gentoo mirror, and I find that there is no 1.4 PPC install cd, only a 1.2 cd. I want a 1.4 cd, but I already have a PPC 1.2 CD. Is it possible to make a 1.4 cd from source? Or do I have to use 1.2 and change profile symlinks? |
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samson
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| Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2002 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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Same here,
what I have done ... booted from 1.2 cd and than downloaded the stage file for 1.4 onto the harddisk and tar x... onto the harddisk ..
so now I have a 1.4.1.1 on my powerbook..
hth
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Principal Skinner
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| Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2002 6:16 am Post subject: |
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I'm a gentoo n00b, so pardon me for this possibly ignorant question.
The 1.2 CD will come with gcc 2.95.3 or so, right? Then, was that the compiler used to compile everything? Does the answer depend on which stage you installed?
And, are they ever going to just put an ISO for 1.4PPC up? In other threads I saw references to same (messages in August saying the ISOs would be up RSN), but no ISO or excuses...[/quote] |
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Gerk
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| Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2002 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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the august thread referred to the 1.4_beta ISO which is up and has been for a long time.
You can easily install the 1.4 as samson described above, boot from the 1.2 ISO, then wget the tarball of your choice (1.4 stuff), untar and continue installation instructions from there.
and for Principal Skinner: it does depend on what stage tarballs you use. the 1.2 stuff is gcc 2.95.3, the 1.4 stuff is gcc 3.2 |
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Principal Skinner
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| Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2002 7:07 pm Post subject: gcc 3.2-compiled install from 1.2 ISO/Where is 1.4 PPC |
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| Gerk wrote: | | the august thread referred to the 1.4_beta ISO which is up and has been for a long time. |
Where??? I've been looking at the ibiblio mirror http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo/releases/1.4_rc1/ppc/ , but all that's there is tarballs (can't reach the gentoo site now for some reason; I'm at a foreign computer).
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You can easily install the 1.4 as samson described above, boot from the 1.2 ISO, then wget the tarball of your choice (1.4 stuff), untar and continue installation instructions from there.
and for Principal Skinner: it does depend on what stage tarballs you use. the 1.2 stuff is gcc 2.95.3, the 1.4 stuff is gcc 3.2 |
I guess what I'm asking is, is it possible to start with a 1.2 ISO and end up with everything compiled with GCC 3.2? Your reply seemed to confuse stages of tarballs with Gentoo versions (or at least it confused me  ) |
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rac
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| Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2002 8:40 pm Post subject: Re: gcc 3.2-compiled install from 1.2 ISO/Where is 1.4 PPC |
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| Principal Skinner wrote: | | I guess what I'm asking is, is it possible to start with a 1.2 ISO and end up with everything compiled with GCC 3.2? |
Yes. The ISO version only affects what you are running during the install. Once you have compiled your own kernel and booted with it, the only thing that matters is what tarball you used.
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Gerk
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| Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2002 4:52 am Post subject: |
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| the 1.4 beta was not the release candidate. The neta stuffs was built with a gcc 3.2 snapshot, which they changed the ABI on since then. As suggested above is the best method. use the 1.2 ISO, then download the 1.4_rc1 tarball and install from that. |
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runt
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| Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2002 6:00 am Post subject: |
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| Gerk wrote: | | the 1.4 beta was not the release candidate. The neta stuffs was built with a gcc 3.2 snapshot, which they changed the ABI on since then. As suggested above is the best method. use the 1.2 ISO, then download the 1.4_rc1 tarball and install from that. |
thats what i'm doing, although i wish i had a slightly newer iBook atm. |
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The Odd Realist
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I tried using the 1.2 cd and then downloading the 1.4 stage 2 tarball, and halfway through the untarring it throws an error, I tried it several times and to no avail I couldn't get it to untar the archive
any help?! |
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Gerk
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| Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2002 7:18 am Post subject: |
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sounds like you didn't put it on your freshly formatted hard drive partition and ran out of ram space maybe?  |
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