Gentoo install using ATV-Boot 1.0

[MxW]

Hey guys,
I'm about to rip out my hair on the project. For the past 2-3 weeks
I've been trying to get my ATV to boot Gentoo properly and ONE time I
by some magic of the gods happened to get it running......only to hose
it during an update. So now I am here, seeking your help.

I have followed basically all of the ATV gentoo install guides but
have been using a hybrid of these two mainly:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Installing_MythFrontend_on_Apple_TV_using_Gentoo

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO:Install_Gentoo-XBMC_on_AppleTV

For the majority of the process, I use the mythtv guide, replacing the
make.conf, kernel configuration while still using genkernel, and using
recovery 1.0 instead of 0.6

I am following the directions word by word with the exception of:

using http://atv-bootloader.googlecode.com/files/recovery-1.0.tar.gz
instad of http://atv-bootloader.googlecode.com/files/recovery-0.6.tar.gz

partitioning via parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary ext3 75M 38.9GB
parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary linux-swap 38.9GB 40.0GB
instead of
parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary ext3 75M 16GB
parted -s /dev/sda mkpart primary linux-swap 16GB 17GB

having removed kde and gnome from make.conf
using this thread as a work around for my Glib 2.30 problem (merge
=dev-libs/glib-2.28.8
emerge pkgconfig
emerge dev-libs/glib)
fixing disappearing eth0 with the help of this thread (su
cd /etc/init.d/
ln -s net.lo net.eth0 then rc-update add net.eth0 boot)


I have tried using gentoo-sources 3.0.6 and 2.6.39-r4 and during boot
after installing all of the fundamentals, the screen just stays at
jumping to kernel.

Here is my latest grub.conf for gentoo-sources built using genkernel:

default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,3)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title Gentoo Linux 2.6.39-r4
root (hd0,3)
kernel /boot/kernel root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192
real_root=/dev/sda4 udev
initrd /boot/initramfs


I've also followed the make && make modules_install method used in the
XBMC guide. I am at a loss here guys.
Thank you!

[Christian Lyra]

Hi

Just to say "me too". I did everything using recovery-1.0 (initial
boot, partitioning, etc), but could not get it to boot my debian
install. I just replaced the /dev/sda2 with recovery-0.6 and my
appletv started to boot as it should.

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[MxW]

Christian,
Now that I think about it...that might have been along the lines of
what I had done the one time it booted for me.
Will try this and report back.

On Oct 15, 11:11 pm, Christian Lyra <l...@pop-pr.rnp.br> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Just to say "me too". I did everything using recovery-1.0 (initial
> boot, partitioning, etc), but could not get it to boot my debian
> install. I just replaced the /dev/sda2 with recovery-0.6 and my
> appletv started to boot as it should.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 1:07 AM, MxW <mwajszc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey guys,
> > I'm about to rip out my hair on the project.  For the past 2-3 weeks
> > I've been trying to get my ATV to boot Gentoo properly and ONE time I
> > by some magic of the gods happened to get it running......only to hose
> > it during an update.  So now I am here, seeking your help.
>
> > I have followed basically all of the ATV gentoo install guides but
> > have been using a hybrid of these two mainly:
>

> >http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Installing_MythFrontend_on_Apple_TV_using_...
>
> >http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO:Install_Gentoo-XBMC_on_Ap...

>
> > For the majority of the process, I use the mythtv guide, replacing the
> > make.conf, kernel configuration while still using genkernel, and using
> > recovery 1.0 instead of 0.6
>
> > I am following the directions word by word with the exception of:
>
> > usinghttp://atv-bootloader.googlecode.com/files/recovery-1.0.tar.gz

> > instad ofhttp://atv-bootloader.googlecode.com/files/recovery-0.6.tar.gz

[MxW]

Christian,
I love you right now! Thank you so much. I have fluxbox & XBMC up
and running. Just having trouble with wifi.
Thanks again :)

[Christian Lyra]

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:03 PM, MxW <mwajs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Christian,
>  I love you right now! Thank you so much.  I have fluxbox & XBMC up
> and running.  Just having trouble with wifi.
> Thanks again :)
>

:-). Good to know that worked. About the wifi, mine is working fine
with kernel 2.6.39 and b43 module.

[MxW]

Thanks for the heads up! Here's to hoping the fact that I'm using
3.0.6 won't come back to bite me.

On Oct 17, 1:20 pm, Christian Lyra <l...@pop-pr.rnp.br> wrote: