/etc/fstab help

[matt6457]

Hi I Don't Know A Thing About Linux But I've Tried Installing Gentoo Onto My PS3.I Think I Did Everything Correctly But When I Started My PS3 Without The Disc In It Just went To A Blank Screen I Think I Went Wrong At Stage 1.6.6 Of The This File http://ps3wiki.qj.net/index.php/Gent...ons_for_Gentoo
the /etc/fstab/ part
I got the screen to come up after typing (chroot) / # nano -w /etc/fstab but i don't know what i'm then meant to change.Please Help I Can Usually Follow Instructions But I Can't See What I'm Meant To Do At This Stage.Thanx

[cyanide]

# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts.
/dev/sda1 / ext3 noatime 0 1
/dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /mnt/memstick auto noauto 0 0 (60GB version only!)
/dev/sdd1 /mnt/sd auto noauto 0 0 (60GB version only!)

Look at the original text and change it to this.

[matt6457]

Sorry To Be Dopey But What Does This Mean "NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts"

also do i delete the original txt and replace it with the new txt.is that how i'm meant to do it or do i just type the new txt and linux does the rest

[Dr.Gringo]

I'm gonna give you a really good advice. Look at your file and look at the one in the instructions if your file doesn't math the one in the instructions then its wrong. If your file looks exactly the same as the instructions then you are good to go.

TIP: Look at the similarities and differences...

[matt6457]

where do i enter this new data at the bottom of the screen of do i actually delete the origional txt and replace it with the new text?
also in kboot.conf do i need to make changes or can i just leave it?

[Dr.Gringo]

Just make your files look exactly like the ones in the instructions. Overwrite everything to make it look like the instruction's files.

[matt6457]

I'v Done All This To The Best Of My Ability But When I Reach The Final Step Of Rebooting And Removing The Disc It Loads Upto The Kboot Screen But After That The Screen Goes Blank.Does Anyone Know What I'm Doing Wrong.Also Is There An Easier Linux To Install,If So Is It As Good As Gentoo Supposedly Is

[Dr.Gringo]

Maybe It is your video settings Try this:

Okay. Open the file kboot.conf in the /etc folder (/etc/kboot.conf) Go HERE to know how.

Then, go to the last line. It will look something like this:
linux="/boot/vmlinux-2.6.16 initrd=/boot/initrd.img video=ps3fb:mode:3"
It might look a little different, you don't have to worry. Just look at the mode:3 at the end. That parameter tells the bootloader what resolution it's supposed to use. Now there is a list of different modes for different resolutions.

0: auto mode , default value
YUV 60Hz 1:480i 2:480p 3:720p 4:1080i 5:1080p
YUV 50Hz 6:576i 7:576p 8:720p 9:1080i 10:1080p
RGB 60Hz 33:480i 34:480p 35:720p 36:1080i 37:1080p
RGB 50Hz 38:576i 39:576p 40:720p 41:1080i 42:1080p
VESA 11:WXGA 12:SXGA 13:WUXGA

So suppose you want a resolution of 1080p, here's what you have to change the last line to:
linux="/boot/vmlinux-2.6.16 initrd=/boot/initrd.img video=ps3fb:mode:5"

Make sure not to put it at a resolution which your monitor doesn't support. If you get stuck, you'll have to waste another 10 minutes going back to the command line mode and doing the changes.

If you want to test the different resolutions before you use one, open a terminal and type this:
ps3videomode -v <mode id>
eg: ps3videomode -v 3

There are other options when using that command, type ps3videomode --help to look at the list of different switches it accepts.

[matt6457]

Thanx Alot It Worked It All Loads Up And Takes Me To A "welcome to local host Screen" The New Problem is I Don't Know My User Name I Only Setup A Password.Is There Some Sort Of Default User Name?

[cyanide]

root

[Dr.Gringo]

I'm glad it worked, now go have some fun installing software.

[matt6457]

thanx for all the help i'm finally on linux.there is another problem i'm having,at first things seemed ok but now after i type most things this comes up
!!! No closing quotation in /etc/make.conf
!!! Incorrect multiline literals can cause this, Do not use them.

Does any1 know what i should do?

[cyanide]

Paste the full contents of your /etc/make.conf file.

[matt6457]

Sorry To Be A Pain But Can You Elaborate Please I Don't Know How To Paste the full contents of your /etc/make.conf file.

[cyanide]

Copy the contents of the make.conf from the /etc folder and paste them here? Don't think I can elaborate more on that :\

[matt6457]

when i enter /etc/make.conf it says permission denied

[Dr.Gringo]

Don't do it in the terminal, do it in a text editor from the Gui.

[matt6457]

I Figured Out The Problem Hopefuly I Won't Need More Help But I Proberbly Will Lol Thanx For All The Help