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kel · 01-24-2004, 10:11 PM

So has anyone tried it?
I am getting bored with OS X and fink for all of my linuxy needs. I also am wondering if it might make my iBook a bit more responsive by using g3 specific compilations of most applications.

Thoughts?

cheerios · 01-24-2004, 11:51 PM

partition & dual boot?

juanvaldes · 01-25-2004, 12:56 AM

Tell me how it goes.

kel · 01-25-2004, 07:58 AM

Partition and dual boot, shrinking the existing partition looks to be difficult, but we'll see how it goes when the CDs come (ordered yesterday).

kel · 02-02-2004, 04:26 PM

Gentoo on PPC is not ready for primetime, I need to give the installation another go, but that is my first impression. Documentation is incorrect and contradictory, hardware detection non-existant, and there is no guide to how the driver and kernel support is setup, what you need and what you don't.

Various kernel components can conflict with each other, and custom compilation is necessary to support basic features.

cheerios · 02-02-2004, 06:25 PM

gentoo is SCARY to install, dude. Part of that may be (no offense) that you mis-performed a step or something. But, nonetheless, I'm not surprised to hear you say it's sub-optimal. :/ such the life of a mac-user

SecretMethod70 · 02-02-2004, 10:53 PM

bah, I can't pick and choose every single little component of Mac OS X....so bah

kel · 02-05-2004, 02:59 PM

Okay, so I am giving it another go. I am going to use some config files made by someone l33ter than me to build the kernel (he had the same model iBook.

Right now I get a kernel panic mounting the root filesystem (the kernel on the livecd has no trouble). I formatted it in ext3 which I thought I had built into the kernel.

Realizm · 02-05-2004, 04:53 PM

I install Gentoo under Stage 3 install and it went fine for me. It's the only linux distro I've kept on my system for more than the time it took to install..

SecretMethod70 · 02-05-2004, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Realizm
I install Gentoo under Stage 3 install and it went fine for me. It's the only linux distro I've kept on my system for more than the time it took to install..

And with Gentoo that especially says a lot

01-24-2004, 10:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
kel WARNING: FLAMMABLE Location: Ask Acetylene	Gentoo on PPC So has anyone tried it? I am getting bored with OS X and fink for all of my linuxy needs. I also am wondering if it might make my iBook a bit more responsive by using g3 specific compilations of most applications. Thoughts? __________________ "It better be funny"

01-25-2004, 07:58 AM	#4 (permalink)
kel WARNING: FLAMMABLE Location: Ask Acetylene	Partition and dual boot, shrinking the existing partition looks to be difficult, but we'll see how it goes when the CDs come (ordered yesterday). __________________ "It better be funny"

02-02-2004, 04:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
kel WARNING: FLAMMABLE Location: Ask Acetylene	Gentoo on PPC is not ready for primetime, I need to give the installation another go, but that is my first impression. Documentation is incorrect and contradictory, hardware detection non-existant, and there is no guide to how the driver and kernel support is setup, what you need and what you don't. Various kernel components can conflict with each other, and custom compilation is necessary to support basic features. __________________ "It better be funny"

02-02-2004, 10:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	bah, I can't pick and choose every single little component of Mac OS X....so bah __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

02-05-2004, 02:59 PM	#8 (permalink)
kel WARNING: FLAMMABLE Location: Ask Acetylene	Okay, so I am giving it another go. I am going to use some config files made by someone l33ter than me to build the kernel (he had the same model iBook. Right now I get a kernel panic mounting the root filesystem (the kernel on the livecd has no trouble). I formatted it in ext3 which I thought I had built into the kernel. __________________ "It better be funny"

01-24-2004, 11:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
cheerios Banned Location: 'bout 2 feet from my iMac	partition & dual boot?

01-25-2004, 12:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
juanvaldes Banned Location: shittown, CA	Tell me how it goes.

02-02-2004, 06:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
cheerios Banned Location: 'bout 2 feet from my iMac	gentoo is SCARY to install, dude. Part of that may be (no offense) that you mis-performed a step or something. But, nonetheless, I'm not surprised to hear you say it's sub-optimal. :/ such the life of a mac-user

02-05-2004, 04:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
Realizm Insane Location: A fuzzy cloud.	I install Gentoo under Stage 3 install and it went fine for me. It's the only linux distro I've kept on my system for more than the time it took to install..