small-gentoo for amd64 r8, codename "full blown edition"

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dodo1122 · Post by **dodo1122** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 1:02 am

nvm now, found out that 64 bit kernel switches my network cards around, so eth0 is eth1 and vice versa. dhcpcd eth1 works

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dodo

Master Chef · Post by **Master Chef** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 1:54 am

kernelOfTruth wrote:interesting - I didn't know there was so little demand for it

Your liveCDs are the best I've ever seen! I can compile, I can access reiser4, I can use an GUI and watch movies while Gentoo is taking forever to emerge world. I don't bother to reboot until I'm certain that I've gotten a desktop environment and mplayer installed into my system.

But I can't use 64-bit, so I won't bother downloading this one

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BeceJIbIu · Post by **BeceJIbIu** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:09 pm

kernelOfTruth
Good work.

to all
Could somebody helps me? My proxy blocks downloading any "*.iso" files

So I need image with another extension. Could somebody pack small-gentoo_amd64_r8.iso with bzip2, for example, and share it?

alexou2643 · Post by **alexou2643** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:18 am

Hi KOT, apparently my ich9 ethernet issue on my dg33tl motherboard is solved with the updated version of the e1000 driver which can be found there http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000 , at least that's what i read on some ubuntu forum about the 7.6.5 version.

Could it be possible for you to integrate this updated version of the driver on your livecd ?

Thanks.

kernelOfTruth · Post by **kernelOfTruth** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:30 pm

alexou2643 wrote:Hi KOT, apparently my ich9 ethernet issue on my dg33tl motherboard is solved with the updated version of the e1000 driver which can be found there http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000 , at least that's what i read on some ubuntu forum about the 7.6.5 version.

Could it be possible for you to integrate this updated version of the driver on your livecd ?

Thanks.

Hi

I have to say that this unfortunately won't happen so fast: I'm completely busy right now (preparation for exams next year)

I dunno, but perhaps sidux' livecd helps ? (does it have 2.6.23 ?)

h0tline · Post by **h0tline** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:53 pm

I found this CD to be very nice for use for a fresh new dm crypt + hardened setup (better than the koppnix cd for this purpose) and for a new reiserfs4 clean install with backup retreival from a ntfs partition. But I couldn't try out loopaes because there was something wrong with gpg program because it didn't allow me to generate some gpg file following the loopaes readme. I wish it had madwifi support so I wouldin't run across my house with the cable. And also better x support because it didn't use openbox or gnome by default.

kernelOfTruth · Post by **kernelOfTruth** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:59 pm

there's unfortunately something wrong with setup of X

so you need to become su twice

->

Code: Select all

su -

then you can choose between fluxbox and gnome-session

--> ~/.xinitrc

perhaps you can get your wlan to run with ndiswrapper ?

signal11 · Post by **signal11** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:57 pm

hi,

i just finished downloading the "r8" iso image. made sure that the md5sums match. but, booting the machine (macbook with santa rosa) gives me the following messages:
"could not find kernel image: linux"
so i tried booting with "gentoo", which results in a:
"Loading
Invalid or corrupt kernel image."

any ideas ?

thanks
anupam

kernelOfTruth · Post by **kernelOfTruth** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:20 pm

signal11 wrote:hi,

i just finished downloading the "r8" iso image. made sure that the md5sums match. but, booting the machine (macbook with santa rosa) gives me the following messages:
"could not find kernel image: linux"
so i tried booting with "gentoo", which results in a:
"Loading
Invalid or corrupt kernel image."

any ideas ?

thanks
anupam

the simplest explanation is, that I simply forgot to compile in EFI support

(I also don't know if EFI support is needed for these cases)

I didn't schedule its usage for macs, I'm sorry

bobson · Post by **bobson** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:05 pm

I was trying to boot "r8" from USB (vfat - probably fat16) stick and using some old vga monitor (was need "r8" to install gentoo on P5K WS) - and get two kind of problems.
First was that "r8" sets too big resolution - and monitor switch off. Second was that "r8" for some reason was not see image.squashfs (official gentoo iso have no such problem on usb stick). I make a "hammer way" solution for it:

1) rename image.squashfs to image.sq
2) Then little change in syslinux.cfg
every: loop=/image.squashfs
changed to: loop=/image.sq

and added/changed vga=... to vga=791 (make resolution a little lower)
(kernelOfTruth say that can be try "console=ttyS0,9600n8" - but its not tested)

3) Reinstallation of syslinux bootloader (copy syslinux directory and makeboot.bat, and run .bat file)

And it works.
Hope it will help if someone will have same problems.

ZeLegolas · Post by **ZeLegolas** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:42 pm

kernelOfTruth wrote:Hi there,

I'm glad to announce small-gentoo for amd64 r8 codename "full blown edition"

Do you have a script to generate the ISO?
Where we can downloaded this script?

small-gentoo for amd64 r8, codename "full blown edition"

problem booting :o(

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