The instructions (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2004.3/handbook-ppc.xml?part=1&chap=2) for booting the Gentoo installation CD (install-ppc-universal-2004.3.iso) with BootX are good, but in addition to adding "rw init=/linuxrc cdroot" to my kernel arguments as the documentation says, I need to add "loop=squashfs" also. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot the installation CD (install-ppc-universal-2004.3.iso) as instructed in the OldWorld section of http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2004.3/handbook-ppc.xml?part=1&chap=2#doc_chap3 Actual Results: Booting halts with this text: >> Filling tmpfs... *** Warning: loop type unspecified! >> Filling filesystem... cp: etc: No such file or directory cp: root: No such file or directory cp: home: No such file or directory cp: var: No such file or directory >> Booting/linuxrc: 304: echo: not found /linuxrc:321: [: not found /linuxrc:321: [: not found /linuxrc:322: echo: not found /linuxrc:329: echo: not found exec: 331: chroot: not found Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! <0>Rebooting in 180 seconds.. Expected Results: The installation CD should boot and show the following text: >> Filling tmpfs... *** Warning: loop type unspecified! >> Mounting squashfs filesystem... >> Filling filesystem... >> Booting... INIT: version 2.84 booting {blah blah blah} My computer is an Apple Workgroup Server 9650 with a Sonnet Crescendo G3 upgrade. It has 480MB of RAM, the included IMS TwinTurbo 128 video card, the included FWB Jackhammer SCSI card (unused), a TurboTV card, a OHCI USB card (OPTi?), a 2GB HD on the 53C94 SCSI interface, the included 4GB Seagate HD on the MESH SCSI interface, and an external PlexWriter 12/10/32TS which is where the installation CD-RW is being booted from. I think my computer's hardware is similar to a "Biege G3"'s hardware.
PPC team, can you take a look at this?
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 71627 ***
