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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] install bootstrap problem
From:       320095285153-0001 () t-online ! de (Achim Gottinger)
Date:       2001-01-29 11:40:02
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smk_va@yahoo.com wrote:

> In response to Dave Bresson
> >> so i have a bit of a bootstrap problem.  ...
>
> Achim Gottinger wrote:
>
> > rc3 was optimized for i686 systems, so it does not run on pentium/k6
> systems. :-/ We changed that in rc4 (optimized for i486), so you need the
> lates rc4 (pre2) cd.
>
> A couple of points:
>
> 1. the rc3 disk does the same hang described by Dave on my Compaq ProSignia
> 500 with PPro which is a P6 class processor

Hmm, it worked on a PII/PIII/K7 over here. The main problem was glibc-2.2
which uses
special i686 instructions when compile for i686-pc-linux-gnu. Maybe the
classify ppro as
i586.

>
> 2. when I try to bootstrap the rc4_pre2 CD on the ProSignia 500, I can't
> because the kernel image in "bootgrub.img" does not support the NCR SCSI
> adapter chip in the ProSignia 500 (booting from the image packaged with rc3
> does find the CD, it just hangs at "changing root ..."

Hmm, support for NCR SCSI adapters should be in there. I will check this.

>
> 3. when I boot from the rc4_pre2 CD on a P5 (Compaq Deskpro), I get a
> message that it appears not to be the distribution disk.

Daniel, did you include the version file on the iso-image?

achim~

>
>
> Any help getting Gentoo going on this machine would be much appreciated.
>
> Murthy
>
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