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| 9 | <sections> |
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10 | <section> |
| 11 | <title>The MIPS PROM</title> |
11 | <title>The MIPS PROM</title> |
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| 47 | # <i>dvhtool --print-volume-directory</i> |
47 | # <i>dvhtool --print-volume-directory</i> |
| 48 | </pre> |
48 | </pre> |
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50 | <p> |
| 51 | To setup your system to boot Gentoo/MIPS you need to go tweak some settings in |
51 | To setup your system to boot Gentoo/MIPS you need to go tweak some settings in |
| 52 | the MIPS PROM. We will describe this later on when the Gentoo installation has |
52 | the MIPS PROM. |
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53 | </p> |
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| 56 | <p> |
55 | <p> |
| 57 | Now continue with <uri link="?part=1&chap=10">Installing Necessary System |
56 | Continue with <uri link="#reboot">Rebooting the System</uri>. |
| 58 | Tools</uri>. |
57 | </p> |
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59 | </body> |
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60 | </subsection> |
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61 | </section> |
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62 | <section id="rebooting"> |
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63 | <title>Rebooting the System</title> |
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64 | <subsection> |
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65 | <body> |
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67 | <p> |
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68 | Exit the chrooted environment and unmount all mounted partitions. Then type in |
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69 | that one magical command you have been waiting for: <c>reboot</c>. |
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70 | </p> |
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72 | <pre caption="Exiting the chroot, unmounting all partitions and rebooting"> |
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73 | # <i>exit</i> |
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74 | cdimage ~# <i>umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo</i> |
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75 | cdimage ~# <i>reboot</i> |
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76 | </pre> |
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78 | </body> |
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79 | </subsection> |
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80 | </section> |
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81 | <section> |
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82 | <title>Tweaking the MIPS PROM</title> |
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83 | <subsection> |
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84 | <body> |
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87 | When you are rebooted, go to the <e>System Maintenance Menu</e> and select |
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88 | <e>Enter Command Monitor</e> (<c>5</c>). If you want to test your new Gentoo |
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89 | installation, you can just run <c>boot -f <kernel name></c>. To have your |
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90 | system permanently boot into the Gentoo installation, you need to set some |
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91 | variables in the MIPS PROM: |
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92 | </p> |
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94 | <pre caption="Configuring the PROM to Boot Gentoo"> |
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95 | 1) Start System |
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96 | 2) Install System Software |
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97 | 3) Run Diagnostics |
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98 | 4) Recover System |
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99 | 5) Enter Command Monitor |
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101 | Option? <i>5</i> |
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102 | Command Monitor. Type "exit" to return to the menu. |
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104 | <comment>(<root device> = Gentoo's root partition, e.g. /dev/sda3)</comment> |
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105 | >> <i>setenv OSLoadPartition <root device></i> |
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107 | <comment>(To list the available kernels, type "ls")</comment> |
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108 | >> <i>setenv OSLoader <kernel name></i> |
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109 | >> <i>setenv OSLoadFilename <kernel name></i> |
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111 | <comment>(Declare the kernel parameters you want to pass)</comment> |
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112 | >> <i>setenv OSLoadOptions <kernel parameters></i> |
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114 | <comment>(Provide the location of the Volume Header)</comment> |
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115 | >> <i>setenv SystemPartition scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)</i> |
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117 | <comment>(Automatically boot Gentoo)</comment> |
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118 | >> <i>setenv AutoLoad Yes</i> |
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120 | <comment>(Set the timezone)</comment> |
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121 | >> <i>setenv TimeZone EST5EDT</i> |
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123 | <comment>(Use the serial console - graphic adapter users should have "g" instead of "d1" (one))</comment> |
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124 | >> <i>setenv console d1</i> |
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125 | </pre> |
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127 | <p> |
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128 | Now you're ready to enjoy Gentoo! Boot in your Gentoo installation and finish |
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129 | up with <uri link="?part=1&chap=11">Finalizing your Gentoo |
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130 | Installation</uri>. |
| 59 | </p> |
131 | </p> |
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| 61 | </body> |
133 | </body> |
| 62 | </subsection> |
134 | </subsection> |
| 63 | </section> |
135 | </section> |
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