MacBook - gentoo livecd 2007.0 cannot boot

ZeLegolas · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 128

Hi everyone,

When I try to boot on the livecd I have those messages:

poly_poly-man · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:33 pm Post subject:

Try a different LiveCD - keep in mind that 2007.0 is a year old... many new drivers are developed since then that should work just fine.

For example, I installed gentoo most recently from a Fedora livecd

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d2_racing · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:50 am Post subject:

Maybe you should try the latest SystemRescueCD, it's Gentoo based.

ZeLegolas · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 128

I downloaded many livecd and I tested them.

The result is:

Doesn't work:

- Father Gnome 2.5.2
- Dyne:bolic 2.5.2
- Debian 4.0 R3 AMD64
- Sabayon x86_64 3.4
- Knoppix 5.1.1
- DreamLinux 3.0RC
- FreeBSD 7.0
- NetBSD 2007
- DamSmall Linux 4.2.5
- Puppy Linux 3.01
- SimplyMEPIS 7.0

Work:

- Ubuntu 8.04 Apl6 AMD64
- Ubuntu 7.10 x86
- Ubuntu 7.10 AMD64
- SLAX 6.0.2
- PCLinuxOS Gnome 2.21.2
- Mandriva 2008
- Elive 1.6 Dev

First: I temporally install Ubuntu 7.10 x86 on my share partition. And I install ndiswrapper.
I would like to install gentoo 64bits and everything it's ok until I try the command "chroot". It's like the chroot from ubuntu is not capable to use bash from the gentoo environment. I guess it's because ubuntu environment it's a 32bits and gentoo it's 64bits.
Question is it possible to start an 64bits application in 32bits environment?

Second: I reinstall Ubuntu 7.10 but the AMD64 version. It's install properly but when I tried to start ndiswrapper it's crash. Without the wireless connection I can not continue to install my gentoo partition

Any help will be appreciate

twilight · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:59 pm Post subject:

your crash might have been caused because you tried loading a 32bit windows driver with
a 64bit ndiswrapper...

and to your first thing on "installing ubuntu"... you absolutely don't (!!) need to install
ubuntu in order to use it as an install-environment for your gentoo-installation! Just use
the live-environment ubuntu gives you when booting from the cd/DVD.

another thing: There is a ext3-driver for MacOS and Linux can access HFS+-Partitions.
So, as long as there is no windows installed, you might get happier with more space
for MacOS or Gentoo, whereever you need more space!

Cheers

twilight
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twilight · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:03 pm Post subject:

oh, forgot:

you find the MacOS-Driver for ext3 here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/macext2fs/

And make sure you use the beta, it is way better on tiger and leopard.
The older version tends to crash the system...
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hitachi · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject:

Hi,

try to boot one of the working 64 bit cds. Then follow the handbook and try out the alterativ instalation guid.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml#doc_chap3

ZeLegolas · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 128

Thanks everyone for your answer.

Rigth now I decided to create my own Gentoo LiveCD base on the version 2007.0. It's an interesting exercice

I have an other computer installed with Gentoo amd64. I take the kernel-config from this computer, set the configuration for the MacBook. Now I'm capable to execute the Initrd and to boot on the system. But it's stay tow pbs:

1 - For some reasons some services refused to start