Installing Jackass! on Acer TravelMate 4151LMi
# fdisk /dev/hdc - Here's my partition table:
Disk /dev/sda: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
| Device | Boot | Start | End | Blocks | Id | System |
| /dev/hdc1 | | 1 | 255 | 2048256 | 12 | Compaq diagnostics |
| /dev/hdc2 | * | 256 | 2548 | 18418522+ | 7 | HPFS/NTFS |
| /dev/hdc3 | | 2549 | 4864 | 18603270 | 7 | HPFS/NTFS |
| /dev/hdc4 | | 4865 | 12161 | 58613152+ | 5 | Extended |
| /dev/hdc5 | * | 4865 | 4987 | 987966 | 83 | Linux |
| /dev/hdc6 | | 4988 | 5110 | 987966 | 82 | Linux swap / Solaris |
| /dev/hdc7 | | 5111 | 6327 | 9775521 | 83 | Linux |
| /dev/hdc8 | | 6328 | 7544 | 9775521 | 83 | Linux |
| /dev/hdc9 | | 7545 | 8761 | 9775521 | 83 | Linux |
| /dev/hdc10 | | 8762 | 12161 | 27310468+ | 83 | Linux |
- Copied the Windows XP partitions from the original drives to the new one
# dd bs=32768 if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/hdc1
# dd bs=32768 if=/dev/sda2 of=/dev/hdc2
# dd bs=32768 if=/dev/sda3 of=/dev/hdc3
(Took about 15hrs total using a USB2 enclosure...)
# mke2fs -L boot /dev/hdc5
# mkswap /dev/hdc6
# mkreiserfs -l root /dev/hdc7
# mkreiserfs -l usr /dev/hdc8
# mkreiserfs -l media /dev/hdc9
# mkreiserfs -l home /dev/hdc10
- Downloaded JackAss2006.2 and the lastest portage snapshot (20060912), and untared
# mkdir /mnt/jackass
# mount -t reiserfs /dev/hdc7 /mnt/jackass
# mount -t ext2 /dev/hdc5 /mnt/jackass/boot
# mount -t reiserfs /dev/hdc8 /mnt/jackass/usr
# mount -t reiserfs /dev/hdc10 /mnt/jackass/home
# cd /mnt/jackass
# tar jxvpf jackass.tar.bz2
# tar jxvf portage-snapshot-20060912.tar.bz2
- Now Knoppix3.4 only has kernel 2.6.5 - too old to chroot into the Jackass environment.
- So I took the HDD out and put it on the USB2 enclosure and plugged into an old computer running Gentoo, but with kernel 2.6.17-r8
- Chrooted into the new Jackass enviroment
# mount -t proc none /mnt/jackass/proc
# mount -o bind /dev /mnt/jackass/dev
# chroot /mnt/jackass /bin/bash
# env-update
# source /etc/profile
- Also, advantage of putting the HDD into another box is that I could not get networking to work yet - Jackass and Knoppix3.4 failed to detect either the Broadcom gigabit ethernet or the Intel wireless cards.
- Emerged some essential packages:
# emerge reiserfsprogs
# emerge wireless-tools
# emerge pciutils
# emerge ipw2200
- The last package fails due to some kernel configurations.
- Recompiled the kernel. I'm using 2.6.17-gentoo-r8. Make sure you include these options:
- Include IDE/ATA-2 DISK support (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y)
- generic default IDE chipset support (CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y)
- Generic PCI IDE Chipset support (BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y)
in Device Drivers → ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support
or the damned thing won't boot - fails with a "VFS: Unable to mount root fs on ..."
- Also include the ethernet driver:
- Broadcom 4400 ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)
in Device Drivers → Network device support → Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
- For the wireless you need some other options disabled and the ipw2200 package.
- Michael MIC keyed digest algorithm (CONFIG_CRYPTO_MICHAEL_MIC=y)
in Cryptographic options, and disable the inbuilt IEEE802.11 support
- Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (CONFIG_IEEE80211=n)
in Networking, uncheck all options under the Generic 802.11 one. Disable in inbuilt Intel wireless drivers:
- Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection (CONFIG_IPW2200=n)
in Device Drivers → Network device support → Wireless LAN (non-hamradio), but do check the
- Wireless LAN (non-hamradio) & Wireless Extensions (CONFIG_NET_RADIO=y)
option. These later options are to get the ipw2200 package to work
- The sound card is an Intel 82801 AC '97 controller, so you need to compile in the:
- Intel/SiS/nVidia/AMD/ALi AC97 Controller (CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0=y)
- Intel/SiS/nVidia/AMD MC97 Modem (EXPERIMENTAL) (CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0M=y)
in Device → Sound → Advance Linux Sound Architecture → PCI Device
- Install grub:
# grub
grub> root (hd0,4)
grub> setup (hd0)
grub> quit
- Add the new kernel to grub and reboot
# nano /boot/grub/grub.conf
# reboot
- Here's my grub configuration:
default 0 # Default listing - 0 is first, 1 is second etc.
timeout 30 # Timeout in seconds
splashimage=(hd0,4)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.17-r8 Generic IDE
root (hd0,4)
kernel /bzImage-2.6.17-gentoo-r8IDE root=/dev/hdc7 ide1=dma video=intelfb:1024x768-32@60
title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.17-r8 SCSI-SATA
root (hd0,4)
kernel /bzImage-2.6.17-gentoo-r8SCSI root=/dev/sda7 video=intelfb:1024x768-32@60
title=Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1
title=Hitachi Feature Tool 2.03 Floppy
kernel /memdisk
initrd /ftool_203_install.IMG
- * Emerging ipw2200 still gives an error, and suggests doing:
# /bin/sh /usr/portage/net-wireless/ieee80211/files/remove-old /usr/src/linux
# emerge ipw2200
- Sucess!! Setup wireless and wired networking in the usual way:
# ln -s net.lo /etc/init.d/net.eth1
# nano /etc/conf.d/net
# modprobe ipw2200
# /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restart
# /etc/init.d/net.eth1 restart
# rc-update -a net.eth0 default
# rc-update -a net.eth1 default
# make && make modules_install
# cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage-2.6.17-gentoo-r8
# cp .config /boot/config-2.6.17-gentoo-r8
# cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.17-gentoo-r8
- Now for some useful stuff:
# emerge vim
# emerge vim-spell-en
# emerge mirrorselect
# emerge ethtool
# emerge alsa-utils
# emerge syslinux
# cp /usr/lib/syslinux/memdisk /boot
# vi /boot/grub/grub.conf
# reboot
- Still doesn't work: it's because I've used the generic IDE driver, instead of the Intel one...
- The IDE controller is an SATA ICH6 chip, so we need the PIIXn driver in the kernel:
- SCSI Disk support (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y)
- SCSI CDROM support (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y)
- in Device Drivers → SCSI Device support
- Serial ATA (SATA) support (CONFIG_SCSI_SATA=y)
- Intel PIIX/ICH SATA support (CONFIG_SCSI_ATA_PIIX=y)
- in Device Drivers → SCSI Device support → SCSI low-level drivers
- Then disable the IDE subsystem:
- PCI IDE chipset support (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=n)
- in Device Drivers → ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support
- Now modify fstab to point all entries to hdc → sda and hdd → sdb
- I wanted to have the option to use both the generic IDE and SCSI SATA system.
- So I compiled two kernels, and put them into GRUB. But: need to modify the fstab file each time I wanted to change.
So I ...
- Reference: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problems_with_SATA_and_Linux
- To stop annoying message about System.map not found (/sbin/modules-update looks in /usr/src/linux, which [/usr] had not been mounted yet, changed /sbin/modules-update to point to /boot/System.map)
- Added to /etc/portage/package.use:
# echo www-client/links gpm ssl unicode fbcon jpeg javascript png tiff X >> /etc/portage/package.use
# echo virtual/x11 dri >> /etc/portage/package.use
# echo media-video/mplayer aac dts mad matroska real theora vorbis win32codecs xvid aalib alsa arts esd fbcon gif jpeg libcaca nas openal opengl png xv X cdparanoia dvb dvd dvdread i8x0 mmx sse sse2 encode ipv6 truetype >> /etc/portage/package.use
# echo www-client/links ~x86 >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
# emerge --update --newuse --deep x11 links mplayer
- Plugged in ethernet at work. Doesn't seem to work: gives a "resource temporarily unavailable" error.
Changed wireless to eth0 and wired to eth1, and recompiled b44 as module. Fixed /etc/conf.d/net. Works fine now.
# emerge syslog-ng vixie-cron slocate dhcpcd
- Add gpm to rc to use mouse on the console:
# rc-update -a gpm default
- Add default user to video group to use framebuffer; and other groups
# usermod -G users,audio,cdrom,games,portage,usb,video,wheel
- Changed the localisation:
# vi /etc/locale.gen
# locale-gen
# vi /etc/conf.d/keymaps
# emerge cavezofphear
# emerge nibbles
# emerge ninvaders
# emerge seatris
# emerge alienwave
- Ran xorgconfig - chose i810 graphics card and enabled DRI and GLX - get 250fps with GLXgears (bit pitiful really)
# xorgconfig
# emerge fluxbox
# echo exec fluxbox >> ~/.xinitrc
# echo www-client/mozilla-firefox ipv6 java >> /etc/portage/package.use
# echo dev-java/blackdown-jdk X mozilla >> /etc/portage/package.use
# emerge mozilla-firefox
# emerge nmap
# emerge telnet-bsd
# emerge aterm rxvt dos2unix