Christian, I love you right now! Thank you so much. I have fluxbox & XBMC up and running. Just having trouble with wifi. Thanks again :)
On Oct 15, 11:15 pm, MxW <mwajszc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Christian, > Now that I think about it...that might have been along the lines of > what I had done the one time it booted for me. > Will try this and report back. > > On Oct 15, 11:11 pm, Christian Lyra <l...@pop-pr.rnp.br> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > Just to say "me too". I did everything using recovery-1.0 (initial > > boot, partitioning, etc), but could not get it to boot my debian > > install. I just replaced the /dev/sda2 with recovery-0.6 and my > > appletv started to boot as it should. > > > On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 1:07 AM, MxW <mwajszc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey guys, > > > I'm about to rip out my hair on the project. For the past 2-3 weeks > > > I've been trying to get my ATV to boot Gentoo properly and ONE time I > > > by some magic of the gods happened to get it running......only to hose > > > it during an update. So now I am here, seeking your help. > > > > I have followed basically all of the ATV gentoo install guides but > > > have been using a hybrid of these two mainly: > > > >http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Installing_MythFrontend_on_Apple_TV_using_... > > > >http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO:Install_Gentoo-XBMC_on_Ap... > > > > For the majority of the process, I use the mythtv guide, replacing the > > > make.conf, kernel configuration while still using genkernel, and using > > > recovery 1.0 instead of 0.6 > > > > I am following the directions word by word with the exception of: > > > > usinghttp://atv-bootloader.googlecode.com/files/recovery-1.0.tar.gz > > > instad ofhttp://atv-bootloader.googlecode.com/files/recovery-0.6.tar.gz > > > > partitioning via parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary ext3 75M 38.9GB > > > parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary linux-swap 38.9GB 40.0GB > > > instead of > > > parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary ext3 75M 16GB > > > parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary linux-swap 16GB 17GB > > > > having removed kde and gnome from make.conf > > > using this thread as a work around for my Glib 2.30 problem (merge > > > =dev-libs/glib-2.28.8 > > > emerge pkgconfig > > > emerge dev-libs/glib) > > > fixing disappearing eth0 with the help of this thread (su > > > cd /etc/init.d/ > > > ln -s net.lo net.eth0 then rc-update add net.eth0 boot) > > > > I have tried using gentoo-sources 3.0.6 and 2.6.39-r4 and during boot > > > after installing all of the fundamentals, the screen just stays at > > > jumping to kernel. > > > > Here is my latest grub.conf for gentoo-sources built using genkernel: > > > > default 0 > > > timeout 30 > > > splashimage=(hd0,3)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > > > title Gentoo Linux 2.6.39-r4 > > > root (hd0,3) > > > kernel /boot/kernel root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 > > > real_root=/dev/sda4 udev > > > initrd /boot/initramfs > > > > I've also followed the make && make modules_install method used in the > > > XBMC guide. I am at a loss here guys. > > > Thank you! > > > > -- > > > To post to this group, send email to atv-bootloader@googlegroups.com > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en > > > -- > > Christian Lyra > > PoP-PR/RNP -- To post to this group, send email to atv-bootloader@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en
