The Gentoo PPC kernel builds include the serial code in the kernel. When this initializes and probes my machine for ports, the machine hangs immediately. I have tried several other pre-compiled kernel (mostly from Mandrake cooker) and they do not include the serial detection code, and work well. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Get Gentoo Linux/PPC kernel and initrd 2. Install BootX on your 4400 3. Try to boot. Actual Results: The machine hands at the serial detection Expected Results: Not hang at serial detection, or just not detect serial
Which ISO is this from? This was a knwon issue for older ISO's, and if not resolved with the current live ISO, it will be in the forthcoming one.
I'm fairly certain that I was working with 281202, were there any January builds? I'm looking here: http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo/experimental/ppc/livecd/
Yes, that is the most recent. I will CC pvdabeel on this, who is working on live cd stuff ATM pretty sure this has been updated (will be fixed in newer release when it happens). When new live ISO happens can you verify this?
Was a new live ISO produced for the 1.4_rc3 release?
Yes, new ISO online, please test and report back here.
Anyluck with the new ISO? If I dont hear back in a week I'll assume its good and close this bug
I downloaded the ISO this past weekend, but won't have a chance to test the box until next week at best.
ok, I'll wait for results to close this then, thanks :)
The new ISO boots up and works well! Unfortunately, the initscripts seem a bit mangled, but this bug is resolved :-) Thanks!
what issues are you having with the init scripts? did you use this for kernel args in bootx: init=/linuxrc.live root=/dev/ram0 rw ?
Nope, didn't see any documentation anyplace that would have suggested this! But, in retrospect, it's basically just what I did since I was given a shell, and thought those /rc... files were neat, ran one, and with some difficulty, made my way from there ;-) I'm installed and running now, so it's all good.
