On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 04:46:05PM -0500, __alejo duque wrote: > hi list, 1rst post here..glup! ahemm.. > > Needing help here for getting through with a linux install on my > tibook 500mhz, the disk partition has already been done, a debian > hard drive space of 8gig waiting for it. [havent got yet to put my > hands on mac fdisk. > > I have d/l'd a gentoo-ppc live cd but it gives a kernel panic all the > times just after checking all the hardware components, freeing unused > kernel memory and using cloop.o then: > > > insmod: init_module:cloop: invalid argument > mount: Mounting/dev/cloop on /mnt/live/iso failed > cp wont work > no such device > no such file > > > kernel panic > > > no matter if i try to boot it live or live-safe i get the same list > of errors, yesterday i tried a new g4 12" and the same thing happened > i guess it cant be the cd, since i see the penguin up there and the > kernel is loaded, i'm courious if one could use the contents of the > cd to do the install on that partition. so far i havent found clues > on how to follow from the cd to the hd, meaning that i want to go > straigh to the mac fdisk inside the cd, create the linux partitions > and install from there...if that is possible. > > sorry for such a naive question but i hope someone can give me a hand > perhaps off list or with any url that might be there and i havent yet > found.
I don't think there are many gentoo users around here ... but you might want to take the dive and just install debian, on which gentoo is based. http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual After you get the installer booted, one of the first few steps is partitioning, and mac-fdisk is used to do it. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net
