On Monday 30 June 2008, Derek Davis wrote: > So, the saga of my HPPA liveCD continues. I have successfully made an > iso that is supposed to boot up and run Linux. However, when I first > ran it, it failed saying that it didn't know what kernel to use since > the machine could run a 32-bit or a 64-bit kernel, and I didn't have a > kernel ending in either number. So I made a kernel ending in 32, but > when I try to boot, it looks for the kernel that I specified, but then > it says that it can't find a 32-bit kernel. It seems to me that it is > trying to load the kernel, but for some reason deciding that it is not > a 32 bit kernel. Do any of you have an idea as to why that would be, > and what I could do to make palo (the HPPA boot loader) load the > kernel and boot? Googling for the error only led me to the palo source > code.
When you installed gentoo, which did you use? 32bit or 64bit? IIRC, there are three options: 32bit kernel w/32bit userland 64bit kernel w/32bit userland 64bit kernel w/64bit userland I'm not sure if the last one is tested well or even available yet. Last I did it, the second option worked, but the parisc linux devs said was kind of pointless, since the 64bit kernel would be slower and give no real advantage. I have tried it, and it did boot and run. But, I've always installed option one. I believe you can choose between the first two when you install gentoo based on the image you use--and this will determine your toolchain and profile. I don't know if it's possible to switch between the two, but you might be able to set up a chroot with a crossdev toolchain if you had to. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
