Downloaded http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/ppc/current/install-powerpc-minimal-20090614.iso and try to boot it. Boots OK until it gets to: Freeing unused kernel memory: 256k init ... Media found on /dev/hdc Determining root device... Determining looptype... Mounting squashfs filesystem mount: mounting /dev/loop0 on /newroot/mnt/livecd failed: Invalid argument !!Failed to $1; failing back to the shell... BusyBox v1.7.4 [...] [...] /bin/ash: can't access tty: job control turned off # Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Get latest minimal ppc cd. 2. Try to boot it. 3. End up in ash. Actual Results: ash Expected Results: Booted environment read to install. G4. Same machine boots fine with Gentoo minimal cd ppc from 2009-05-03. Any options I can use to get out of this mess?
it may be because the squashfs file was created with squashfs-tools-4 which is the latest stable one, yet the 2.6.28 kernels only support a squashfs-3.x file. If the LiveCD is created with squashfs-tools-3 then it should work. I've just had this issue with a PXE booting LiveCD system!
gentoo-sources-2.6.29-r5 is now stable on ppc, which will fix the problem on the next autobuild.
