On Apr 19, 2007, at 6:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Apr 19, 2007, at 7:14 AM, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote:
On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 06:20:37AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
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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.
(snip)
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.
So are you saying it is not necessary to have CONFIG_X86_64=y in
the kernel configuration file to get a 64-bit system? I know I'm
exposing my ignorance here but it seems odd that the kernel config
you pointed me to on the wiki will produce a 64-bit kernel when all
the config lines specify 32-bit.
While I still have that question, I was able to successfully boot and
install the kernel. According to "file /usr/bin/*" everything is a 64-
bit executable so I'll assume the kernel is too.
Thanks for your help.
cr
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