I follow step by step the Gentoo PPC handbook : Updated June 11, 2004

01.07.2004

Boot-up OSX CD-Rom
go to Apple/Disk Utility
go to Partition and create 2 partitions
the first one Free
the second one HFS+ to run OSX installation as you want.
Now boot from GentooCD

3.b. Automatic Network Detection
Code Listing 4: /sbin/ifconfig for a working network configuration
# /sbin/ifconfig

Code Listing 15: Using dhcpcd
# dhcpcd eth0

# /sbin/ifconfig

It works :)

4. Preparing the Disks
4.c. Default: Using mac-fdisk (Apple/IBM) Partition your Disk

Code Listing 1: Starting mac-fdisk
# mac-fdisk /dev/hda

d ->2
b ->2p (handbook say 1p but 1p is the Partition map!)
c ->3p ->512M->swap
c ->4p ->4p -> root
w ->y ->q

4.e. Creating Filesystems
Code Listing 3: Applying a filesystem on a partition
# mke2fs -j /dev/hda4

Code Listing 4: Creating a Swap signature
# mkswap /dev/hda3

Code Listing 5: Activating the swap partition
# swapon /dev/hda3

4.f. Mounting
Code Listing 6: Mounting partitions
# mkdir /mnt/gentoo
# mount /dev/hda4 /mnt/gentoo

Code Listing 7: Creating the /mnt/gentoo/proc mountpoint
# mkdir /mnt/gentoo/proc
# mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc

Code Listing 8: Bind-mounting the /dev-filesystem
# mkdir /mnt/gentoo/dev
# mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev

5. Installing the Gentoo Installation Files
5.a. Installing a Stage Tarball
Code Listing 2: Setting the date/time
# date 070115342004

5.b. Default: Using a Stage from the Internet
Code Listing 3: Going to the Gentoo mountpoin
# cd /mnt/gentoo

Code Listing 4: Surfing to the mirror listing with lynx
# lynx http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml
# lynx http://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/releases/ppc/2004.1/stages/ppc/stage1-ppc-2004.1.tar.bz2

Code Listing 6: Checking integrity of a stage tarball
# md5sum -c stage1-ppc-2004.1.tar.bz2.md5
stage1-ppc-2004.1.tar.bz2: OK

Code Listing 7: Unpacking the stage
# tar -xvjpf stage?-*.tar.bz2

5.e. Configuring the Compile Options
Code Listing 15: Opening /etc/make.conf
# nano -w /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf

make.conf file is:

  CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu"
  CFLAGS="-mcpu=7450 -O2 -pipe -maltivec -mabi=altivec -mpowerpc-gfxopt"
  CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
  ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~ppc"
  VIDEO_CARDS=radeon
  MAKEOPTS="-j2"

6. Installing the Gentoo Base System
6.a. Chrooting
Code Listing 1: Selecting fast mirrors
# mirrorselect -a -D -s4 -o | grep -ve `^Netselect` >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf

Code Listing 2: Copy over DNS information
# cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf

Code Listing 3: Chrooting into the new environment
# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
# env-update

--- `profiles/arch.list` is empty or not aviable.
Empty portage tree?
Caching service dependencies... [ok]
Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...

# source /etc/profile

Code Listing 4: Updating Portage
# emerge sync

6.d. Progressing from Stage2 to Stage3

Code Listing 13: View what `emerge system` will do
# emerge --pretend system | less

# emerge system

ERROR (#1) emerging hfsplusutils-1.0.4-r1

see thread in forum.gentoo.org italian:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=192084

ERROR (#1):

  >>> Source unpacked.
  aclocal
  autoconf
  autoheader
  automake -a
  automake-1.5: configure.in: installing `./install-sh'
  automake-1.5: configure.in: installing `./mkinstalldirs'
  automake-1.5: configure.in: installing `./missing'
  configure.in: 224: required file `./ltmain.sh' not found
  automake-1.5: configure.in: installing `./depcomp'
  /usr/share/automake-1.5/am/depend2.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
  /usr/share/automake-1.5/am/depend2.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
  /usr/share/automake-1.5/am/depend2.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
  /usr/share/automake-1.5/am/lang-compile.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
  /usr/share/automake-1.5/am/depend2.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
  /usr/share/automake-1.5/am/depend2.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
  /usr/share/automake-1.5/am/depend2.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
  /usr/share/automake-1.5/am/lang-compile.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
  /usr/share/automake-1.5/am/depend2.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
  /usr/share/automake-1.5/am/depend2.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
  /usr/share/automake-1.5/am/depend2.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
  /usr/share/automake-1.5/am/lang-compile.am: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
  make: *** [all] Error 1

  !!! ERROR: sys-fs/hfsplusutils-1.0.4-r1 failed.
  !!! Function src_compile, Line 35, Exitcode 2
  !!! (no error message)

# emerge sync

# emerge portage

IMPORTANT: 1 config files in /etc need updating

# etc-update
'# automake –version' -> 1.8.5

# emerge system

Same error emerging di hfsplusutils-1.0.4-r1

# export WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.8 this fix automake 1.5 error but:

ERROR (#2):

  >>> Source unpacked.
  aclocal
  /usr/share/aclocal/glib.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GLIB
  run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
  or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending%20aclocal
  autoconf
  autoheader
  automake -a
  configure.in: installing `./install-sh'
  configure.in: installing `./missing'
  configure.in:27: installing `./config.guess'
  configure.in:27: installing `./config.sub'
  configure.in:72: required file `./ltmain.sh' not found
  libhfsp/src/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp'
  libhfsp/src/Makefile.am:30: `CFLAGS' is a user variable, you should not override it;
  libhfsp/src/Makefile.am:30: use `AM_CFLAGS' instead.
  libhfsp/src/Makefile.am:30: `CFLAGS' is a user variable, you should not override it;
  libhfsp/src/Makefile.am:30: use `AM_CFLAGS' instead.
  make: *** [all] Error 1

  !!! ERROR: sys-fs/hfsplusutils-1.0.4-r1 failed.
  !!! Function src_compile, Line 35, Exitcode 2
  !!! (no error message)

Errors in CFLAGS
# nano /var/tmp/portage/hfsplusutils*/work/*/libhfsp/src/Makefile.am

changing CFLAGS with AM_CFLAGS

# ebuild /usr/portage/sys-fs/hfsplusutils/hfsplusutils-1.0.4-r1.ebuild merge

ERROR (#3):

  aclocal
  /usr/share/aclocal/glib.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GLIB
  run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
  or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending%20aclocal
  autoconf
  autoheader
  automake -a
  configure.in:72: required file `./ltmain.sh' not found
  make: *** [all] Error 1

  !!! ERROR: sys-fs/hfsplusutils-1.0.4-r1 failed.
  !!! Function src_compile, Line 36, Exitcode 2
  !!! (no error message)

See thread in forum.gentoo.org Gentoo on Power PC:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=192978

-02.07.2004-

Now I use stage 3

On handbook PPC is # emerge ppc-development-source
instead is

# emerge gentoo-dev-sources

-------
genlop --pretend xfree-drm
xorgcfg
-------

03.07.2004

7. Configuring the Kernel
7.a. Timezone
Code Listing 1: Setting the timezone information
# ls /usr/share/zoneinfo
(Suppose you want to use GMT)
# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT /etc/localtime

7.b. Installing the Sources
Choosing a Kernel
Code Listing 2: Installing a kernel source
# emerge gentoo-dev-sources

Code Listing 3: Viewing the kernel source symlink
# ls -l /usr/src/linux
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Oct 13 11:04 /usr/src/linux -> linux-2.6.1

Code Listing 4: Changing the kernel source symlink
# rm /usr/src/linux
# cd /usr/src
# ln -s linux-2.6.7-gentoo-r7 linux

7.c. Manual Configuration
Code Listing 5: Invoking menuconfig
# cd /usr/src/linux
# make menuconfig

Activating Required Options
Code Listing 6: Selecting experimental code/drivers:

  Code maturity level options --->
  [*] Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/driver

  File systems --->

  [*] Virtual memory file system support (former shm fs)
  [*] /proc file system support
  [*] /dev file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)
  [*] Automatically mount at boot

  (Select one or more of the following options as needed by your system)

  <*> Reiserfs support
  <*> Ext3 journalling file system support
  <*> JFS filesystem support
  <*> Second extended fs support
  <*> XFS filesystem support

  network (to fix problem with eth0 card)
  <*> Sun GEM support

  File Systems --->

  [*] HFS Support

Compiling and Installing
Code Listing 12: Compiling the kernel
(Apple/IBM) # make dep && make vmlinux modules modules_install

Code Listing 13: Installing the kernel
(Apple/IBM) # cp vmlinux /boot/kernel-2.4.24' (old verson)
(Apple/IBM) # cp vmlinux /boot/kernel-2.6.7

Code Listing 14: Copying the system map
# cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.24 (old version)
# cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.7

Code Listing 15: Backing up your kernel configuration
# cp .config /boot/config-2.4.24 (old version)
# cp .config /boot/config-2.6.7

8. Configuring your System
8.a. Filesystem Information
Creating /etc/fstab
Code Listing 1: Opening /etc/fstab
# nano -w /etc/fstab

Code Listing 5: A full /etc/fstab example:

  /#dev/hda2         /boot       ext2    noauto,noatime 1 2
  /dev/hda3          none        swap    sw             0 0
  /dev/hda4          /           ext3    noatime        0 1

  none               /proc       proc    defaults       0 0

  none               /dev/shm    tmpfs   defaults       0 0

  /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom  auto    noauto,user    0 0

8.b. Networking Information
Code Listing 8: Setting the hostname
# echo tux > /etc/hostname

Code Listing 9: Setting the domainname
# echo homenetwork > /etc/dnsdomainname

Code Listing 10: Setting the NIS domainname
# echo nis.homenetwork > /etc/nisdomainname

Code Listing 11: Adding domainname to the default runlevel
# rc-update add domainname default

Configuring your Network
Code Listing 12: Opening /etc/conf.d/net for editing
# nano -w /etc/conf.d/net

Code Listing 14: Examples for /etc/conf.d/net:

  (For DHCP)

  iface_eth0="dhcp"

Automatically Start Networking at Boot
Code Listing 15: Adding net.eth0 to the default runlevel
# rc-update add net.eth0 default

8.c. System Information
Code Listing 22: Opening /etc/rc.conf
# nano -w /etc/rc.conf

9. Configuring the Bootloader
Code Listing 1: Installing yaboot
# emerge --usepkg --update yaboot*

Code Listing 3: /etc/yaboot.conf:

  ## /etc/yaboot.conf
  ## our bootstrap partition:

  boot=/dev/hda3

  device=hd:
  partition=4

  delay=5

  defaultos=macosx

  timeout=30

  install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot

  magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot

  #image=/boot/vmlinux
  image=/boot/kernel-2.6.7

  label=Linux
    root=/dev/hda4
    sysmap=/boot/System.map
    sysmap=/boot/System.map-2.6.7
    read-only

  #macos=/dev/hda13
  macosx=/dev/hda5
  enablecdboot
  enableofboot

# mkofboot -v (only first time)
# ybin -v (to update yaboot.conf)

10. Installing Necessary System Tools
10.a. System Logger
Code Listing 1: Installing a system logger
# emerge syslog-ng
# rc-update add syslog-ng default

11. Finalizing your Gentoo Installation
11.a. User Administration
Code Listing 1: Setting the root password
# passwd

Adding a User for Daily Use
Code Listing 3: Adding a user for day-to-day use
# useradd john -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash
# passwd john
Password: (Enter the password for john)
Re-enter password: (Re-enter the password to verify)

11.b. Reboot and Enjoy
Rebooting
Code Listing 4: Rebooting the system
# exit
# cd /
# umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo
# reboot

Reboot has success :)

04/07/2004

# emerge gnome 01,30 – 9,45

# emerge xorg-x11 10,30 -12,00

# emerge -k xchat 13,00 – 13,05

# cat /proc/cpuinfo

# cat /proc/partitions

MeDevil> Leonida, to start gnome session run: # gdm

Really thank to all #gentoo on irc.azzurra.org that kindly answered to al my newbie (silly) questions

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