On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 06:20:37AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, new Gentoo user here (but not new to the wonderful world of unix). > > A few weeks ago I installed Gentoo into Parallels under OSX on my MacBook > Pro (rev 2, Core2Duo) to start familiarizing myself with the system. I liked > it well enough that I decided to get in a little deeper and experiment with > the x86_64 release. My MBPro is capable of running it so I repartitioned my > drive and was off to the races. > > I've been following the great instructions on the wiki posted here [1] using > the minimal install CD with the 2006.1 profile. However, the instructions > there primarily focus on the 32-bit release. I coupled those instructions > with the Gentoo Handbook for x86_64 to cover the areas that the wiki > (rightly) left out [2]. The goal was to install a pure 64-bit non-multilib > system to use as a base for a Xen Dom0 (I switched to the non-multilib > profile in my chroot). > > The MacBook installation instructions contained pointers to some internal > [3] and external [4] sources which were helpful. These other pages mostly > focus on doing a 32-bit install so I've been searching high and low for a > kernel.config for a 64-bit build known to work on a MacBook Pro. I tried > creating one myself but it doesn't boot. Grub (0.97 installed via "emerge > grub-static" per the handbook) displays my customized 2.6.20 + mactel > patched kernel but the boot attempt results in a black screen and no hard > drive activity. I'm at a bit of a loss to troubleshoot this. > > Anyone have a working kernel.config for x86_64 that they can point me to? > I'd be happy to update the wiki to include more specific instructions > related to x86_64 once I get a working system. > > Thanks for your help. > > cr
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_MacBook/Configuration_Files#Kernel_.config Works perfectly for me, although I ditched 64 bit for 32 because of ndiswrapper for wireless. The madwifi-ng people are working on getting the wireless working and have a beta trunk in the works. However, that (as far as I know) does not work with any type of encryption just yet. -- Matthew Daubenspeck http://oddprocess.org Gentoo Linux x86_64 Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 165 08:11:58 up 75 days, 21:59, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
