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PostPosted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 2:36 am    Post subject: New Install, hangs on boot [SOLVED] Reply with quote

I have read many entries to find a solution. I am new to gentoo and I am STUCK

I did the livecd install on a sparc platform.. sunblade 100. using the sparc64 kernel config.

After I was completed, using the handbook, i rebooted and it says mounting / as readonly
then it gives me some ultra sparc error 211's
then it was giving me spawning errors for c1 thru c6 (commented those out of inittab and stopped them)
then it gives me starting run level 3
then runs out of processes at that run level
then it sees the usb kybd and mouse devices
and hangs... nothing else. I can not stopA or anything

any ideas?


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No replies as of yet, do I need to provide anything else?
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Gentoo on Sparc.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You're probably trying to use 2006.1 stages with a 2.4 kernel or an older stage with a 2.6 kernel.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I checked.... uname -r gives me 2.6.17-gentoo-r5 and the stage3 I used on the CD was stage3-sparc64-2006.1.tar.bz2.

That should be good, yes?

Thanks
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

But which kernel did you emerge/configure/build?
2.6.17-gentoo-r5 sounds like the livecd kernel which may not be what you want to run afterwards.
You could also be lacking some kernel option.
And if you're using the livecd kernel don't forget to copy the modules (/lib/modules/*) directory too since many bits are modular.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

forgive my ignorance... I have done mostly admin stuff with Solaris, when it comes to linux, I am fairly new... and don't program and/or develop. This kernel stuff is new to me. Is there a list of things I can check to verify the information you are giving me? Any help here would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, got it to work finally... more research in the forum. I had to make changes in the kernel and fstab to get it working... now on to X
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