Gentoo 2.4 kernel for Sparc install CD [SOLVED]

psychocandy · Apprentice Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 192

Where can I get one of these?

I've got a 2006.1 installation CD but this only seems to have 2.6.16 and 2.6.17 on it. I notice that there are various ISO s available such as 2006.0, 2005.0, 2005.1 etc.

How do I tell which kernels are on these ISOs?

gust4voz · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:19 am Post subject:

From 2006.1 onwards it's all gonna be 2.6 or newer.
2006.0 and backwards is 2.4.
Careful though, you probably can't use 2006.1 stages on a 2.4 cd, you'll have to upgrade your way to 2006.1/2.4.
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psychocandy · Apprentice Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 192

starrbuck · Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:02 pm Post subject:

For the Sparc, can I follow the regular migration guide to get from 2.4 to 2.6, or are there Sparc-specific pitfalls to beware of?
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gust4voz · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:35 pm Post subject:

That guide is pretty much accurate for sparc too.
SPARC bits: you want to use the "kbd" driver instead of "keyboard" for xorg, and you want to use regular pc keymaps in /etc/conf.d/keymaps (thus "us" rather than "sunkeymap").
Other than that it's pretty much the same (gentoo-sources, nuke devfsd, emerge udev, emerge -u linux-headers glibc, use module-init-tools, use lvm2 rather than lvm-user and so on).
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starrbuck · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:46 pm Post subject:

Ok, thank you very much!
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