[cobalt-developers] XTR Gentoo install goes well

["William L. Thomson Jr." <wlt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Installing Gentoo on my XTR continues and is starting to go well.

So far what I have done is extracted the Gentoo livecd.cloop which is a
compressed ext2 file system. You must extract it with cloop v 0.66-1.
Just like in the Gentoo instructions to install Gentoo in UML on top of
a RH install.

http://www.omote.com/gentoo/install-in-uml.html

I them mounted the uncompressed livecd image to my /nfsroot-x86 nfs
share.

mount -t loop livecd /nfsroot-x86

I then had to modify the /nfsroot-x86/etc/inittab file. Commenting out
all terminals and adding the following line.

1:12345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty --noclear --autologin root ttyS0 115200

When I boot the XTR it mounts my nfs share and gets me to the point
where I can install Gentoo.

Terrific I am stoked. 

Now on to partitioning, formating, activating the raid and the array,
mounting the new file systems and going on with the rest of a normal
Gentoo install.

I will keep you all up to date on successes and failures. Whether you
all care or not?

-- 
Sincerely,
William L. Thomson Jr.
Obsidian-Studios, Inc.
http://www.obsidian-studios.com