[SOLVED] Hey devs! Gentoo 2005.0 won't boot

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Vermyndax · Post by **Vermyndax** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 4:09 am

Just tried out the new AMD64 universal ISO image and I'm sorry to report that this CD (like the first 2004.3) does not boot on the ABIT AV8 motherboard. You guys released a fixed 2004.3 that worked fine, however... but looks like the first 2005.0 exhibits the same problem.

Yes, I checked it against the MD5 sum and the CD reads fine in Windows.

mod edit: removed "on ABIT AV8" at the end of the subject to reflect that it's a general problem. --Earthwings

cowdog · Post by **cowdog** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 4:27 am

Same problem with 2005.0 AMD64 (minimal) here on an Epox 8KDA3J.

Schmokin · Post by **Schmokin** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 4:56 am

Same here. I tried both minimal and universal multiple times. Don't really think motherboard counts but MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum.

Droopdude · Post by **Droopdude** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 5:15 am

Hate to be a me too, but same problem here with an Asus K8V SE Deluxe and bios firmware 1005.

azca · Post by **azca** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 6:47 am

same thing, cd seems to be non-bootable

Tiger K8W (S2875) MB

Earthwings · Post by **Earthwings** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 7:04 am

Can someone create a bugreport about it please if there is none yet?

Russ[] · Post by **Russ[]** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 7:08 am

doesn't work here either. (another random mobo)

kimchi_sg · Post by **kimchi_sg** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 7:11 am

Don't complain here, look for a open bug about this on https://bugs.gentoo.org or file a new one if there isn't.

weyhan · Post by **weyhan** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 7:51 am

Err... guys, how does it not boot?

zendron · Post by **zendron** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 8:55 am

The o. poster already filed a bug report .

weyhan · Post by **weyhan** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:01 am

zendron wrote:The o. poster already filed a bug report .

Yes, saw that. Still no description about how it fail to boot...

Shark63 · Post by **Shark63** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:27 am

i opened .iso file with WinISO and it says this cd is NON-BOOTABLE, somebody forgot to make it bootable!

weyhan · Post by **weyhan** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:32 am

Shark63 wrote:i opened .iso file with WinISO and it says this cd is NON-BOOTABLE, somebody forgot to make it bootable!

Shoot. Was thinking of installing tonight...

dapsaille · Post by **dapsaille** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:41 am

hahahahaha sort of funny .... but it isn't

don't boot for me too :/ on vmware and notebook for amd64 cd :p

Does someone have a trick for making it bootable ?? pleasee ..lol

OOT it's my birthday today so i am really happy about 2005.0 amd64 but ... now .. i'm sad OOT

weyhan · Post by **weyhan** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:45 am

dapsaille wrote:hahahahaha sort of funny .... but it isn't

don't boot for me too :/ on vmware and notebook for amd64 cd :p

Does someone have a trick for making it bootable ?? pleasee ..lol

OOT it's my birthday today so i am really happy about 2005.0 amd64 but ... now .. i'm sad OOT

Looks like time to research on how to make it bootable... Anyone have prior experience?

azca · Post by **azca** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:50 am

YES THIS CD IS NON-BOOTABLE

dapsaille · Post by **dapsaille** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:52 am

No idea ...

but with textpad i can read
2.6.11-gentoo-r3-k8 (root@phi) #1 SMP Thu Mar 17 23:18:59 UTC 2005
in isolinux/gentoo file

maybee a clue for this problem ^^

now we knwo wich kernel is booted for livecd install :p

weyhan · Post by **weyhan** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:53 am

azca wrote:YES THIS CD IS NON-BOOTABLE

YES I KNOW

we do have the iso so I am thinking I can mount it as loopback and see if I can fix it that way. Even if it means that I need to copy out the content and create a new iso.

dapsaille · Post by **dapsaille** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:53 am

hahahahaha i will try swap trick with a normal bootcd LOL
or maybee extract boot section of 2004.3 cd and put it in 2005.0

but does the crc is for files on the cd or for the whole cd ??
if it is for whole cd it won't work ..

weyhan · Post by **weyhan** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:56 am

dapsaille wrote:hahahahaha i will try swap trick with a normal bootcd LOL

possible. I'll give it a go when I get home.

dapsaille · Post by **dapsaille** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 10:05 am

swaptrick don't work in vmware it complain about kernel gentoo not found .. but it is on the cdrom so .. maybee i did something wrong ...

blah ..

dapsaille · Post by **dapsaille** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 10:15 am

Vermyndax >> maybee the title may bee modified for the benefit of community ? ^^

Shark63 · Post by **Shark63** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 10:22 am

hey guys! i made it bootable

i'll write out the procedure, it's completely unofficial, do it at your own risk!

1. first extract content of .iso file to your home directory, for example /home/shark/gentoo-2005.0/
2. open shell and go to this directory
3. execute the following command (use path you've used for last parameter!):

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mkisofs -o gentoo-2005.0.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -l -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table /home/shark/gentoo-2005.0/

4. if everything goes well you'll have iso file made (gentoo-2005.0.iso in /home/shark/gentoo-2005.0/ in my case) and bootable

i didn't start the installation yet, but cd was bootable and it was nice to see splashscreen with 2005.0 written

let me know how it goes

EDIT
added -l parameter to command so it works properly now

weyhan · Post by **weyhan** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 10:26 am

Shark63 wrote:hey guy! i made it bootable

i'll write out the procedure, it's completely unofficial, do it at your own risk!

1. first extract content of .iso file to your home directory, for example /home/shark/gentoo-2005.0/
2. open shell and go to this directory
3. execute the following command (use path you've used for last parameter!):
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mkisofs -o gentoo-2005.0.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table /home/shark/gentoo-2005.0/
4. if everything goes well you'll have iso file made and bootable

i didn't start the installation yet, but cd was bootable and it was nice to see splashscreen with 2005.0 written

let me know how it goes

That was what I was talking about.

Thanks for the instruction though. save me some research time.

dapsaille · Post by **dapsaille** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 10:30 am

Ok thanks for the tip but .. i don't have gentoo installed i was waiting for 2005 and the end of lib32 for installing it so .. i'm stuck in windows .. do you have a methode for do it in windows ? or can i do it with cygwin ? Thanks in advance and great to see that someone have booted this 2005.0 successfully

but installation didn't work for the moment ?? ... well so don't bother with my request i will wait a little for a definitve solution :p

It's amazing to see that the livecd have not been tested ..... O_o

EDIT=You didn't start the installation .. ok i was thinking the installation didn't start^^ ok i install cygwin and i hope this will work .. or maybee.. can you upload your unofficial iso somewhere please if you can ?

EDIT 2= This is the key for windows users :p http://smithii.com/?q=node/view/9