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PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:39 pm    Post subject: Xserve G4 - No CD Install Reply with quote

Hello,

I am trying to install Gentoo on an Xserve G4. I have no CD Drive, so it is proving rather tricky...

My current OS is Mac OS X, 10.4.11 Server.

I used the following command to copy the disk image to the hard drive:

Code:
sudo dd bs=1m if=/Users/TMC/Desktop/Linux/install-powerpc-minimal-20120624.iso of=/dev/disk0


I have the hard drive in question in slot 1 of the Xserve, the one on the far left. To Open Firmware, that drive is `ultra0`, and to Mac OS X, that is disk0. Every time.

The startup goes okay, until I am told:
Code:
>> Can't find device /dev/hda
>> Looking for other devices

(or something to that effect).

Now, I can get to a shell at that point. How do I point the new root to be my hard drive?

System stats are in my signature.

Thank you,

Aviator45003
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System Details:
4 Hard Drive, IDE/P-ATA/Ultra-ATA, CD and DVD reader/burner
PowerPC: Xserve G4, 1.33 GHz Dual Processors, 2 GB of RAM.
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