The MIPS-Handbook lacks a few details I found neccessary to install Gentoo on an Origin 2000, ip27 architecture with 8 processors on 4 nodeboards. I feel the tips I have assembled on the aformentioned page will help others if included or referenced from the handbook. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Get an ip27 box. 2.Get the handbook. 3.Try to install Gentoo. Actual Results: My brain started to hurt. Expected Results: Give me aspirin. It's up to you how much info you want to incorporate directly, I feel the fdisk stuff is important. I'd be happy to host a prettier version of what I wrote if you're up to it. Thanks!
Heh, no, you were right the first time. :-) It's a documentation bug after all. I'll take a look shortly. :-)
Created attachment 64261 [details, diff] hb-install-mips-disk.xml.diff Okay... the attached patch re-adds Kumba's section on resizing the partition. Translators: you may want to dig up the old version of the handbook, very little has changed, as it's still 90% relevant. I've just changed a few words here and there. To step through the guide linked to above... --> Setting up an nfsroot: No longer necessary. This used to be the case because of some funkyness regarding embedded ramdisks. Since moving to initramfs, this is no longer an issue. It however was not previously documented, as O2000 support was still highly experimental at the time when the guide was (re)written. --> The fdisk note: The cause is fdisk doesn't create the volume header correctly. Kumba's instructions on resizing the volume header fix this. It was taken out as there wasn't a need for it at the time. I have now, however, re-added it, as it'll be needed with the new bootloader (arcload). On the TODO list though, is some suitable instructions for arcload. I'll get to this eventually... just got to sit down and pick a fight with my IP28 at some point. :-) Anyways, if a doc dev feels like committing the attached patch, all should be well. Regards, Stuart Longland
Created attachment 69754 [details, diff] hb-install-mips-disk.xml.diff Okay, old patch has gone stale... Here's a fresh patch.
Created attachment 69755 [details, diff] hb-install-mips-disk.xml.diff Bah, and I'm having a early morning brain malfunction. Here's one generated from bleeding-edge CVS.
Fixed in CVS, thanks for the patch.