Arne Vogel wrote:
martin morawetz wrote:
hi,
I'm trying to install a stage1 gentoo linux from a livecd.
Problem No1:
Kernel-Panic while booting from the cd. The last line is: ''Starting USB
and PCI hotplugging...'
The next time I booted with the parameters: 'gentoo nohotplug'
That worked, but I got the message 'No network device autodetected'.
Two network-devices are available. A SiS 900 and a 3Com (3c905c-TX) card.
I searched for the drivers as described in the gentoo-installation instruction, but
loading them leads to the same result -> kernel panic.
'modprobe sis900'
'modprobe 3c59x'
('modprobe ieee1394' for the firewire worked fine)
Not knowing how to resolve the problem I continued without
having the network configured..
I untared stage1, the portage-snapshot and the source-code from the livecd, did
everything necessary as described in the documentation handbook, but when it
comes to the bootstrap-part problem No 2 arises.
Which kernel sources did you choose? I also got a kernel panic booting from the gentoo-sources kernel (2.4.22). I switched to a "vanilla" 2.4.24 instead, and it works fine. I never had a boot-up kernel panic with a vanilla kernel, there must be something wrong with the patched version.
2.4.21
Sorry, I didn't quite get that "boot from CD" part! :-}
Yes, but is it an "official" vanilla kernel, e.g. as available from www.kernel.org? Unfortunately, it seems the patched gentoo version has some reliability problems, though I don't know what version is actually included with the Gentoo LiveCD.
If it's a bad kernel, maybe try booting Knoppix instead. Then, if you have broadband internet access, you can install from Knoppix (just follow the instructions in the manual), and use your system at that time already (I haven't used Knoppix yet, but I guess you can just create a home directory on the computer's HD for personal files and settings).
I also have ideas for installing from Knoppix with packages taken from the Gentoo CDs, but this would be getting too complicated right now since you probably have broadband access and that's why you need to get the network card running early anyway!
How did you switch? The live-cd that I downloaded (pentium4-1.4-20030911-cd1.iso <http://gentoo.inode.at/releases/x86/1.4/livecd/pentium4/pentium4-1.4-20030911-cd1.iso>)
a few days ago provides a 2.4.21 kernel and a 2.4.20 smp kernel, so I actually had no
choice because I have a single processor-machine.
I was installing from SuSE and had a "vanilla" 2.4.24 lying around, which I installed manually (only after the rest of the system was already finished, including KDE, so I could boot right into a system with a working GUI). When doing this, you have to be careful to install the kernel modules, the kernel and lilo into the right directories rsp. onto the right partitions (e.g. the right /lib/modules, the right /boot and lilo using the right config file, by default /etc/lilo.conf, but under chroot!). It's probably best to do that all in the chrooted environment, everything else is too easy to mess up.
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