The Gentoo PPC manual is written for a previous default liveCD boot kernel known as "Apple", which no longer exists on the minimal installation iso/live CD. Also, the liveCD kernel that currently is the default liveCD boot kernel is the G5 kernel, which is a 64 bit kernel and it has been set up as the default liveCD boot kernel. There is another boot kernel available on the liveCD for 32 bit machines, the ppc32 kernel, but the manual makes no mention of this. After several failed attempts to boot my 32 bit iBook G4 w/PPC 1.5GHz on the liveCD, I went to the forum and posted my issue there, where I learned that the current liveCD uses a 64 bit kernel as the default kernel and you now have to type in "ppc32" to boot onto the 32 bit kernel. None of this is reflected in the current installation manual and I feel that it should be updated to reflect the current liveCD setup rather than one from previous times. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Boot a 32 bit PPC machine from the default liveCD boot kernel 2. 3. Actual Results: Gave me an invalid memory access error, then booted to the Open Firmware prompt. Reference this Gentoo forum topic - http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-873679.html Expected Results: Should have booted the machine, but didn't because there were multiple boot kernels available on the liveCD that were not mentioned in the installation guide.
PPC team: What's up with this? Changes made to the CDs? Please let the GDP know what's going on. Thanks!
I am assuming that at one time there was a kernel named "Apple" on the PPC minimal install CD as the manual states to boot to that kernel. However, on the current ISO, typing "Apple" (In reply to comment #1) > PPC team: > > What's up with this? Changes made to the CDs? Please let the GDP know what's > going on. Thanks! BTW...I just noticed that I mentioned "liveCD". The specific liveCD I used is the PPC minimal installation CD. As per the manual, it states that there's only 1 kernel and that kernel is named "Apple". As per the manual, you should only have to press "Enter" to boot to that kernel unless you need to pass an argument to the bootloader for things like framebuffer or whatever else. However, what actually happens is that pressing "Enter" attempts to boot the G5 kernel (which is a 64-bit kernel that the manual makes no mention of) and you now have to type "ppc32" to boot a 32-bit kernel (which the manual also makes no mention of). Furthermore, the "apple" kernel no longer exists on the current PPC minimal installation CD ISO. Just thought I'd throw this out to avoid confusion.
Fixed in CVS by josejx; thanks!
