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

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:38 pm Post subject:

I believe, your lan controller, Realtek RTL8111B, could be a problem,

I don't have this card, so I can't tell you if it works:

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-504580-highlight-8111.html
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-462360-highlight-make+r1000.html

I think, I will have to compile the driver in the kernel which could be some of a problem, the new kernel I probably will be using
for the next release is 2.6.19-git9 (too new for the driver)
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anli · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 80

Aha, I see. Is PCI card RTL-8139 a workaround?

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:42 am Post subject:

yes / somehow! In the meantime I looked around a bit on the net and I think your card should work fine with 2.6.19*-kernels

so you should wait until the next amd64 version is released (or use the newest x86-version which is going to be released pretty soon)

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anli · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 80

kernelOfTruth,

I also have tried to find something useful :-)

One of ways is to use r1000 driver (supplied at Realtek site) , which has v1.05 now. I have tried to build modules, but have got errors:

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kernelOfTruth · Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:24 pm Post subject:

razor, the "new" was related to the new download links, not a "new release" :wink:

well, then please give the new x86 release (r6) a try http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-3792791.html#3792791
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gerardo · Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:02 pm Post subject: ntfs writesupport

Thanks for the LiveCD!

Just a small suggestion: could it be possible to add NTFS write-support to future versions of the livecd ?
(ntfs3g package)
Changing partitioning layout caused Windows to be unable to boot. The cause was in boot.ini and I couldn't change it...
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anli · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 80

Do I understand well I must download stage3 archive to install after booting with "small gentoo"?

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:23 pm Post subject:

yes, anli, you are :wink:

to get through the installation process follow the instructions in the "gentoo handbook" (there's also mentioned which steps to do)

(start with

anli · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 80

kernelOfTruth,

Thanks! - I think (not so clear) at this way too :-)

I forget a procedure (not bookmarked it) how to be able to eject "small gentoo" CD and insert DVD disc with all needed data (say, stage3 archive, current portage tree, all my distfiles from old synced gentoo installation, gziped /etc and so on). Will you be so kind to point me right way?

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:32 pm Post subject:

anli, I believe you mean a stage4?

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Custom_Stage4
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=1751698#1751698

but before you save a tarball of your whole system save /usr/portage/distfiles, then remove the files in that folder

then save /usr/portage in a separate tarball & remove the contents behind those folders

otherwise it gets pretty big

the size of a stage4-tarball of my system generally ranges from 1.5 to 3 gb

good luck :wink:

(you should have asked that on another thread so that other can benefit of this directly (If they're looking for this too), this is a little offtopic :!:

)
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anli · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 80

kernelOfTruth,

Sorry for noise. I mean (have found) 'docache' genkernel-irqpoll option. I already booted from SATA HDD with my P5B-VM. Distfiles and portage tree were migrated from old Gentoo machine via DVD help - it was the aim of 'docache' option.

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anli · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 80

With "small gentoo" booting I see my SATA II HHD as /dev/sda. After booting from HDD it is visible as /dev/hda. OK, it isn't a problem. I have modified fstab and grub.conf - a system boots. But the problem is HDD speed is VERY low (almost unusable). hdparm shows about 0.5MB/sec.

Is it possible to see "small gentoo" .config?

Please, point me to my faults!

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:56 pm Post subject:

the kernel-config should be under /mnt/cdrom/config*

unless your really need it, disable the following drivers under ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support --->

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kernelOfTruth · Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:00 am Post subject: Merry Christmas :)

@gerardo:

that should be no problem, I've already integrated it,

the main problem I'm having at the moment is: I'm searching for a new, suitable, kernel

2.6.19-git9 won't boot on amd64 it throws an libata/ata error (git -> development snapshot :lol:

)

so input would be appreciated if kernel 2.6.20-rc2 works fine with JMicron & amd64 :!:

this way the new release will be ready in no time
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gerardo · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:00 pm Post subject:

I have a MSI P965 NEO mobo with ICH8 and JMicron 361.
My harddisk is SATA and my DVD+/-RW is ATAPI
I've been playing with it for a couple of days now...

:arrow:

Grub isn't working. I get an error 21, which I've seen with others also on this thread.
I've tried other Windows bootmanagers but they all refer to the same grub, so no luck...
I'm currently using lilo, which works fine. Has anyone been able to use grub on the JMicron?

:arrow:

I'm currently using 2.6.20-rc1-mm1 and it is only working with the old drivers in the kernel (ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support)
My harddisk (SATA) is now /dev/hdg in stead of /dev/sda and my DVD+/-rw is /dev/hde. It seems to work fine. I did several recompiles of this kernel, comparing my configuration with the one of the livecd. I haven't been able to get it to work with libata driver.
Also I have a lot of lockup's with this new kernel. I'm currently doing a emerge -e system and my PC has frozen completely a number of times already... Only a hard power-off (4 s) helps at this point. In the syslog is nothing unusual...

:arrow:

The driver for my soundcard (hda_intel driver) does not compile with emerge.

Any clues?
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wizzzard · Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject:

Hey there,

I just tried your LiveCD and ran into some error. ADSL-connections aren't working since you missed the PPP_ASYNC option in the kernel.

LiveCD was the Amd64-r4

Ruben

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:28 pm Post subject:

thanks for reporting

,

this issue should be fixed with the next release
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gerardo · Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:32 pm Post subject:

I switched to Ubuntu and it ran almost out of the box. The only thing I had to change was the replacement of grub by lilo. All was well until I ran upgrade. After a reboot, nothing anymore... Only a black screen.
So I probably switch back to Gentoo.
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kernelOfTruth · Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:43 pm Post subject:

Ladys and Gentleman: I'm happy to announce the long awaited 5th release of "small gentoo" for amd64:

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:26 pm Post subject:

Nebvin · Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:48 pm Post subject:

Using this livecd I now have 64bit linux running on my Core 2 Duo E6600 with a Gigabyte DQ6 motherboard. It was actually my easiest linux install to date on a new machine, thanks KernelOfTruth!

I am only using one ICH8 SATA port, and one Jmicron PATA port (for cd-rom) at the moment and haven't tested any of the Jmicron SATA ports but I plan to fill the rest of the SATA ports in a few months with 7 more drives for some RAIDing goodness.

If anyone has a similar setup and needs some assistance just reply to me here. I'm using 2.6.19-beyond2 if anyone is curious as well.
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VanDan · Guru Joined: 30 Sep 2002 Posts: 586 Location: Australia

I'm trying to recover from a catastrophic reiser4 meltdown, but I can't get my laptop on the network. I have:

- et131x ethernet ( I don't really expect this supported from a live cd )
- Intel ipw2200 wireless card ( this is quite common and should be supported )
- Netgear PCMCIA ethernet card ( rtl 8169 from memory )

Unfortunately my PCMCIA stuff isn't detected at all ( with the dopcmcia option on booting ).

Any chance of adding IPW2200 support?
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