Hi, new Gentoo user here (but not new to the wonderful world of unix).
A few weeks ago I installed Gentoo into Parallels under OSX on my MacBook Pro (rev 2, Core2Duo) to start familiarizing myself with the system. I liked it well enough that I decided to get in a little deeper and experiment with the x86_64 release. My MBPro is capable of running it so I repartitioned my drive and was off to the races.
I've been following the great instructions on the wiki posted here [1] using the minimal install CD with the 2006.1 profile. However, the instructions there primarily focus on the 32-bit release. I coupled those instructions with the Gentoo Handbook for x86_64 to cover the areas that the wiki (rightly) left out [2]. The goal was to install a pure 64-bit non-multilib system to use as a base for a Xen Dom0 (I switched to the non-multilib profile in my chroot).
The MacBook installation instructions contained pointers to some internal [3] and external [4] sources which were helpful. These other pages mostly focus on doing a 32-bit install so I've been searching high and low for a kernel.config for a 64-bit build known to work on a MacBook Pro. I tried creating one myself but it doesn't boot. Grub (0.97 installed via "emerge grub-static" per the handbook) displays my customized 2.6.20 + mactel patched kernel but the boot attempt results in a black screen and no hard drive activity. I'm at a bit of a loss to troubleshoot this.
Anyone have a working kernel.config for x86_64 that they can point me to? I'd be happy to update the wiki to include more specific instructions related to x86_64 once I get a working system.
Thanks for your help. cr [1] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_MacBook [2] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml [3] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_MacBook/Configuration_Files [4] http://www.odi.ch/prog/macbookpro/index.php -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
