amd64-release of "small gentoo", liveCD with JMicron-support

kernelOfTruth

Gentoo 2006.1 livecd with JMicron-Support (JMB363/361/36x), "small gentoo", amd64-release

Hi,

this is my first release of the long-awaited amd64 / em64t (/ intel64 :lol:

)-version of "small gentoo", a Gentoo/GNU-Linux based liveCD with JMicron-Support & broad hardware-support

This CD should work fine on Intel Pentium 4, Pentium D, Intel Core2 Duo, AMD Athlon64, Athlon64 X2, Opteron, ...

It doesn't work on Itanium (entirely! 64-bit)

The goal of "small gentoo" is to provide a liveCD to support (most) of the most cutting edge hardware / features, yet stay as close as possible to the original gentoo-livecd

r1 is based on vipernicus' emission-source stable-release 2.6.18-emission1: Pathological Euphoria

r2 is based on 2.6.18-mm1

each release is being tested by myself for several hours, simulating an installation of gentoo
so this release should be working pretty fine for you, if it doesn't please let me & the community know
I'm sure there will be help:
a bugfix for the kernel, an updated version of applications ...
Since I only have one system, based on an Asus P5W DH Deluxe, I can only speak of my own experience ...

Due to the fact, that I'm getting into higher semesters at study which "eats up" a big part of my time (I don't want to fail & I like my study :wink:

)
I can only provide limited support for this & further releases ...

featurelist:

* based on gentoo 2006.1 with gcc 4.1.1, glibc 2.4 (nptl & nptlonly), linux-headers-2.6.17
* threading enabled
* based on 2.6.18-emission1 stable release (kudos to vipernicus)
* really preemptive system ;-)

(feels pretty smooth)
* improved bootup with readahead-list
* reiser4progs => reiser4-support !
* ntfsprogs, dosfstools
* hddtemp, smartmontools, ide-smart, hdparm, sdparm
* ysm, licq, elinks, ncftp
* mc with 7zip-support (dunno if it's working)
* rpm2targz, deb2targz
* mdadm, raidtools, device-mapper, evms, lvm2 (don't know if lvm2 works ...)
* bmon, htop
* parted, app-admin/testdisk (for rescue measures)
* mirrorselect (for a faster gentoo-installation)
* chkrootkit, rkhunter, chpax, johntheripper
* bc
* irssi, screen, (for you, cheater1034 :wink:

) links (somehow graphical mode doesn't work ?!, sorry!)
* rp-pppoe, pppoe
* broad support of SCSI & S-ATA (nearly allmodconfig)
* rovclock (underclocking of ATI mobility cards), powernowd (for frequency switching)

changes to r2 (still testing / ?):
* based on gentoo 2006.1 with gcc 4.1.1, glibc 2.5 (nptl & nptlonly), linux-headers-2.6.17
* based on 2.6.18-mm1
* not that preemptive, but it works :wink:

* kernel-fallback: the default now is genkernel => type in genkernel-irqpoll or genkernel-nofb, if that fails, you still can use gentoo-nofb & gentoo-irqpoll
* module-loading support of the non-kernel-version at bootup is broken, you can however, still insert modules with insmod and entering the absolute path
* added support for dmraid => type in

Xyzk · n00b Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 69

When we will be able to download it?

Jjeje007 · Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:23 pm Post subject:

Hi,

Thx so much

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 1:17 pm Post subject:

@Xyzk, right now :wink:

click the link

Xfacter · n00b Joined: 07 Oct 2006 Posts: 1 Location: San Diego

It would always stop loading at some point when I tried using dodmraid, but otherwise it loaded fine. Unfortunately I need dodmraid to work.

Any solutions?

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:37 pm Post subject:

have you tried to boot the CD without the dodmraid option & then setting up a raid with mdadm ?

the following raid-modules are compiled in:

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 1:38 pm Post subject:

ok, I need your feedback / help:

the next release is going to feature 2 kernels (if both work with modules)

the topics I need input with:

- does mdadm interfere with dmraid ? (can I have dmraid-support compiled into genkernel & at the same time having mdadm installed -> because mdadm loads at boot, so there could be trouble)

- does the 8169 Realtek gigabit-network work with 2.6.18-mm1 ? (since sky2 is broken on 2.6.18-mm2 & -mm3 these kernels aren't taken into consideration, and so won't the newest no-sources ...)

- does the 8169 Realtek gigabit-network work with the kernel currently provided on r1 of this liveCD ?

- do you need additional software which isn't too big to be included on the CD (mainly console-based)?

(more to come ...)
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aceFruchtsaft · Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:11 pm Post subject:

Another bug I noticed:
Keyboard layout selection does not work properly. Even if I chose the German layout, I still geht English after the system boots.

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:42 pm Post subject:

aceFruchtsaft, thanks for reporting this bug

how is this livecd working for you ?

hm, I should have mentioned this earlier, this also applies to all earlier releases (x86) :roll:

this is due to the fact that I haven't completely understood the initrd on the livecd-system
there should be keyboard-layout files at /etc/sysconfig/
as far as I know, but I haven't (yet) found the appropriate program(s) for setting this up via initrd ...

you can change your keyboard layout by changing

voyman · n00b Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 6

hi there!

first off huge thanks for this amazing CD! I have one problem with it (a rather severe one IMO) : my Realtek Network Card doesn't work since apparently the r8169 isn't included in the kernel

could this please be fixed for r2? I tried to compile the module from the emission sources (which worked flawlessly) but when I try to insmod it, I get an unknown symbol error and it fails...

the final x86 version didn't have this problem with the network card! On the brighter side of things, both versions worked perfectly with the JMicron on my Asus P5B (to which I connected my system drive (a compact flash card) and a CD-ROM - both IDE - with the controller configured as AHCI).

thanks again for your time

dave

PS: first post!

Jjeje007 · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:19 am Post subject:

@ kernelOfTruth :

Sorry for the direct link, i removed it :lol:

For the testing, i can't right now because i still waiting for my mother board ( ASUSTeK P5W DH .... same as you

) and that why i was searching some "news" and i found your post and your release :wink:

Any way, i'll try when i'll get this mother board :wink:

Note : If you want some hosting i can provide you some ....

Thx for the work

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:39 am Post subject:

voyman · n00b Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 6

@kernelOfTruth:
no big deal for the moment as I'm still waiting for my RAID controller to arrive (Promise EX16350, hopefully the drivers work as superbly as everyone says they are) to finish the system but I thought I could already get some time in to make everything else work beforehand (config etc.) - do you have an idea when we'll see r2 tough? or better yet, why the insmod of my selfmade module failed?
I'm not 100% but I was under the impression you used unmodified emission sources so I see no reason why I'd get an unknow symbol error :roll:

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:25 am Post subject:

@voyman:

perhaps you may have to change cflags?

Jjeje007 · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:30 am Post subject:

Hi,

I wget yout first release and put it there ---> ftp://hephaistos.ath.cx/gentoo/
It's about 4Mo/s in upload so ... have fun

I will do it for each release and will keep the olders one

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:08 am Post subject:

thanks, Jjeje007, I added your mirror to the list

I'm thinking of an updated version of the x86-branch ...

... if there really is demand for it ...

for this I have to know:

- does 2.6.18-mm1 work with all your hardware (those who are already have a running system)

- ...

Thanks in advance
for your feedback
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Jjeje007 · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:42 am Post subject:

Hello,

I also added your final release for the x86, moved the amd64 release into ~/gentoo/amd64 and the x86 into ~/gentoo/x86 .... i should have do that before so i hope you didn't link against the file but the directorie (~/gentoo) :roll:

See you and thanks for the work

voyman · n00b Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 6

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:17 pm Post subject:

ok, ok, calm down :roll:

I try to release the new release yet today

Update:

this won't happen:
I just tried out the livecd it threw dozens of segfaults & errors,

don't know what went wrong, but r2 won't be released so soon ... (I have pretty much for work right now ...)

sorry, guys / girls ... :cry:

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voyman · n00b Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 6

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:42 am Post subject:

the second (testing) release of "small gentoo" for amd64 (r2) is out !
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voyman · n00b Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 6

Jjeje007 · Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:12 pm Post subject:

Hi,

Mirror updated

See you

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:02 pm Post subject:

Thanks a lot

btw, I forgot:
Jjeje007, voyman, welcome to Gentoo

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Jjeje007 · Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:08 pm Post subject:

Thx kernelOfTruth
I hope i will get a lot of fun using gentoo (still using it for my dedicated server

)

See you