Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone got a 2009 - 2011 PPC LiveCD

2013-02-13 Thread Stroller
On 13 February 2013, at 13:12, Stroller wrote: > … > I commented / changed my yaboot.com thusly: > > image=/boot/vmlinux-3.5.7-gentoo >label=Linux >#root=/dev/sda5 >root=/dev/hda5 >partition=5 >read-only > > ran `ybin -v` and, on reboot, it worked! > > I find it a little st

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone got a 2009 - 2011 PPC LiveCD

2013-02-13 Thread Stroller
On 13 February 2013, at 10:36, Michael Volland wrote: >> ... >> I hadn't posted back before because it looks like yaboot doesn't support >> ext3, so I'm now having to go back and make a separate /boot partition. > > I boot my G5 late 2005 from ext4 with yaboot: This statement caught me just fi

[gentoo-user] Anyone got a 2009 - 2011 PPC LiveCD?

2013-02-12 Thread Stroller
Hi guys, I'm going to keep this short right now, but there's a problem with the current (20120909) PPC liveCDs [1]. I installed using Finnix instead (release 107, latest, Dec 2012), managing to make partitions, unpack the tarball and compile a kernel, but I seem to be running into a Yaboot pro