Re: [gentoo-user] PPC64 on IBM Power8

2015-11-24 Thread Walter Dnes
On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 04:31:33PM +0100, luciano mannucci wrote > On 2015-11-24 00:15, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:41:00 +0100, luciano mannucci wrote: > >> Ok, I'll fight with the low intensity virtual video and I hope I'll be > >> back with a success story soon... :-) > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] PPC64 on IBM Power8

2015-11-24 Thread luciano mannucci
On 2015-11-24 00:15, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:41:00 +0100, luciano mannucci wrote: Ok, I'll fight with the low intensity virtual video and I hope I'll be back with a success story soon... :-) Start the SSH server in the live install environment, then you can SSH in from a

Re: [gentoo-user] PPC64 on IBM Power8

2015-11-24 Thread luciano mannucci
On 2015-11-24 04:14, Zhu Sha Zang wrote: Hey dude, what you'll gonna do with this machine. Just curiosity. Well, I'm a service provider, I need a good OS for infrastructure virtual machines, I think gentoo is not necessarily a bad choice... ;-) Cheers, Luciano. -- /"\

[gentoo-user] PPC64 on IBM Power8

2015-11-23 Thread luciano mannucci
Hello, I'm trying to install the last Gentoo on a virtual machine on an IBM Power8. It refuses to boot the minimal CD saying that it is not bootable. The IBM literature says that Power8 will never boot a 32 bit system, so I tryed the last ppc64 mini install for ppc64 that I found googling

Re: [gentoo-user] PPC64 on IBM Power8

2015-11-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:41:00 +0100, luciano mannucci wrote: > > As long as your install cd/dvd supports the > > filesystems you want to use, you'll be fine using it. Just get the > > newest > > stage3 and you will start with the most recent gentoo has to offer. > Ok, I'll fight with the low

Re: [gentoo-user] PPC64 on IBM Power8

2015-11-23 Thread Zhu Sha Zang
Hey dude, what you'll gonna do with this machine. Just curiosity. Regards On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:08:26 +0100 luciano mannucci wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to install the last Gentoo on a virtual machine on an IBM > Power8. It refuses to boot the minimal CD

Re: [gentoo-user] PPC64 on IBM Power8

2015-11-23 Thread luciano mannucci
On 2015-11-23 15:51, Jeremi Piotrowski wrote: The install medium has almost zero effect on what ends up in the installed system. The only purpose it serves is to partition and format your block devices - after that you chroot into the stage3 which will become your install environment. Good!

Re: [gentoo-user] PPC64 on IBM Power8

2015-11-23 Thread Jeremi Piotrowski
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 03:08:26PM +0100, luciano mannucci wrote: > Now I'm wondering: should I try to build everithing from there, or is > it possible to get a more recent install version for the ppc64 > architecture? The install medium has almost zero effect on what ends up in the installed