[SOLVED] Run Snakeoil from usb stick on mac... Anyone succeeded?

[agent_kith]

lspci: retyping from the screen, the network bits are
02.00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)
03.00.0 Host controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM57765/57785 SDXV/MMC Card Reader (rev 10)
04.00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 02)

dmesg|grep eth0: alas no output

and also no link LED when I attach the ethernet cable...
 

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Hmm. I double check later today when I'm back home. Will rebuild a new kernel for you to test with instructions on how to update your USB stick..

[bodiebill]

thanks, Agent Kith!

[agent_kith]

Can you download this new kernel: Download Me.

Rename  the downloaded vmlinuz-tg3 to vmlinuz.

And replace your USB's file /casper/vmlinuz with the file you've downloaded. Now boot the USB and see how it goes.

[bodiebill]

Can you download this new kernel: Download Me.

Rename  the downloaded vmlinuz-tg3 to vmlinuz.

And replace your USB's file /casper/vmlinuz with the file you've downloaded. Now boot the USB and see how it goes.

Thanks. I do not think it helped, or I must be doing something wrong.

On the Live USB stick (USB1) I replaced the vmlinuz file with the new one. Then I used USB1 to install Snakeoil on another USB stick (USB2). Wehen I boot Snakeoil from USB2 I get the same issue: no network configuration is found and it starts without IP address.

For me not a real problem as I am using Snakeoil now on a fanless PC. Running it on a mac was just for testing.

Anyway, thanks a lot for trying to make this work!

[agent_kith]

My new development machine is also ready now. Hopefully will resolve this soon, gotta support Macs. [emoji14]

[NoDisc]

My new development machine is also ready now. Hopefully will resolve this soon, gotta support Macs. [emoji14]

Did this ever go anywhere? I have a Mac Mini I would like to try it on. I was hoping though to not be the first to try it.

[agent_kith]

Did this ever go anywhere? I have a Mac Mini I would like to try it on. I was hoping though to not be the first to try it.

Havn't done much on Macs (since I don't have one). If you have a Mac Mini, let me know how it goes, and where the boot fails, so I can build a kernel that will work with Macs. 

[NoDisc]

Did this ever go anywhere? I have a Mac Mini I would like to try it on. I was hoping though to not be the first to try it.

Havn't done much on Macs (since I don't have one). If you have a Mac Mini, let me know how it goes, and where the boot fails, so I can build a kernel that will work with Macs. 

I ran off the USB stick and did these two tests.  Does this look good to you?

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[agent_kith]

Did this ever go anywhere? I have a Mac Mini I would like to try it on. I was hoping though to not be the first to try it.

Havn't done much on Macs (since I don't have one). If you have a Mac Mini, let me know how it goes, and where the boot fails, so I can build a kernel that will work with Macs. 

I ran off the USB stick and did these two tests.  Does this look good to you?

Mac Minis use Xeon CPUs?

Can you run

Code:

ifconfig

and see if your Tigon3 network card shows up?

And also 
 

Code:

lsblk

and see if it can recognise all your block devices (i.e. SSD/HDD).

[NoDisc]

Did this ever go anywhere? I have a Mac Mini I would like to try it on. I was hoping though to not be the first to try it.

Havn't done much on Macs (since I don't have one). If you have a Mac Mini, let me know how it goes, and where the boot fails, so I can build a kernel that will work with Macs. 

I ran off the USB stick and did these two tests.  Does this look good to you?

Mac Minis use Xeon CPUs?

Can you run

Code:

ifconfig

and see if your Tigon3 network card shows up?

And also 
 

Code:

lsblk

and see if it can recognise all your block devices (i.e. SSD/HDD).

Here is the results. 

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