Gentoo!

Originally posted by riven
hmmm, how confident are you that you configured grub correctly?

sounds obvious but did you remember to use your own partition configuration for the setup, not just copy the manual?
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Wouldn't have mattered anyway as I have the same partition setup as the manual :)

I'll double check the config and try again, after some foodage :)
 
Originally posted by robmiller
Wouldn't have mattered anyway as I have the same partition setup as the manual :)

I'll double check the config and try again, after some foodage :)
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but you say you have windows installed too.

so if windows is the 1st partition then linux is on the same drive then that will mess up the order.

if windows is a seperate drive then you need to check you put hdb or whatever (assuming windows is hda)

are you also 100% sure you compiled your file system support in? because that could also cause not a lot to happen!
 
I got distracted by other stuff yesterday, and cancelled the installation. I have started it again from scratch this morning, and have recreated the partitions. I realized that yesterday I made a mistake - I forgot to mount my /home partition. Would the correct mount command for that be:

Code: 
mount /dev/hda4 /mnt/gentoo/usr/home
?

Does the gentoo part of that last bit represent the root?

Thanks. :)
 
Originally posted by Deadly Ferret
I got distracted by other stuff yesterday, and cancelled the installation. I have started it again from scratch this morning, and have recreated the partitions. I realized that yesterday I made a mistake - I forgot to mount my /home partition. Would the correct mount command for that be:

Code: 
mount /dev/hda4 /mnt/gentoo/usr/home
?

Does the gentoo part of that last bit represent the root?

Thanks. :)
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hmmm, ive never done it with a home partition but that code will mount your home partiiton in /usr/home on a standard tree i think. but normally a users home is at /home/<username>

which would be

Code: 
mkdir /mnt/gentoo/home
mount /dev/hda4 /mnt/gentoo/home

im not sure but you might need to add the filesystem string in too ie

mount -t reiserfs /dev/hda4 /mnt/gentoo/home

(assuming your using reiserfs.

im pretty sure im right, but if you are worried at all then maybe wait for mpemba, so you can blame him if it goes wrong :p

and yeah, during the install i think /mnt/gentoo = /
so /mnt/gentoo/boot = /boot

so it follows that /mnt/gentoo/home = /home
 
Originally posted by robmiller
Grub comes up fine with Windows and Gentoo in the list. I select Gentoo, some text scrolls past for a second (I presume it's to do with grub) then it just goes to the blank screen, I don't have a chance to read it.
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Right you'll need to double check some stuff namely

a) grub.conf
b) bzImage is copied over to /boot
c) fstab
d) fdisk -l /dev/hda
e) kernel

Riven said that you're dual booting, not this will affect how you name your partitions. What we should have done is everyone installing Gentoo to start a new thread with their particular setup, I know Deadly Ferret wants to do a multi partition setup and burns is going for the super slow machine approach, so i'll be much easier to track on seperate threads. But nevermind.

Check those things above by chucking in the the boot CD then
Code: 
mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo
swapon /dev/hda2
mount -t proc proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
env-update
source /etc/profile
Obviously change the device names to whatever to the correct ones (which may be different if you're dual booting). Shout if you're unsure.
 
Originally posted by FishFluff
As riven said it should be /mnt/gentoo/home

Looks like I missed all the fun of everyone installing Gentoo last night :p
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Nah, I don't think anyones actually finished yet:p. I'm still emerging the system, not even configured the kernel yet:).
 
Originally posted by burns
I'm still boot straping here. I suppose the chances of anyone who could tell me at what point it's safe to shutdown the computer being awake are minimal? Looks like it's going to be a long night, I've got to make sure my net connection doesn't go down:(.
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Unfortunately you cannot stop the bootstrap halfway. I did say it'll take an age, it takes maybe 2-3 hours on a P42.2G. On a PII 400 you're proberbly looking at maybe at a good 20-24hrs. Besides I though you said it's OK for it to 'chug along as long as it wants'? :D

Resumable places to shutdown is anywhere after the bootstrap.
 
Originally posted by Deadly Ferret
I got distracted by other stuff yesterday, and cancelled the installation. I have started it again from scratch this morning, and have recreated the partitions. I realized that yesterday I made a mistake - I forgot to mount my /home partition. Would the correct mount command for that be:

Code: 
mount /dev/hda4 /mnt/gentoo/usr/home
?

Does the gentoo part of that last bit represent the root?

Thanks. :)
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Yup, Riven's correct the user home directory is on /home so your partition requires to be mounted in /mnt/gentoo/home. Just follow Riven's howto above, you don't need to specify the filesystem type when mounting, it usually can autodetect.
 
Deadly Ferret

If you haven't chrooted you system yet do type
Code: 
passwd
and give the livecd 'root' user a password you know. That way you can open up a second virtual terminal. It's very handy later especially when conpiling the kernel.
 
Got a silly problem here. I typed
Code: 
less /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc
to see what USE flags are available. I've written out a list of all the ones I want, but I can't get out of there again, back to a #. How do I leave this please? :D
 
Gentoo is an excellent Distro. I had no prior Linux experience, and installed it a few weeks ago. When you stick the Live CD in, and just see the command prompt, you may get put off, but trust me, it's not as bad as it looks.

The hardest step for me what getting my network configured (And because I had no other computers, it was extremely difficult). That took about four days.

I would get the 2.6 kernel if I was you, because when I installed, I did 2.4 and had a lot of hardware problems, and only ended up updating the kernel later on.

If you want to contact me for more information, dont hesitate. I'd be glad to answer any questions you might have.
Email: [email protected]
AIM: Vertedism
MSN: [email protected]
 
Originally posted by Deadly Ferret
Got a silly problem here. I typed
Code: 
less /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc
to see what USE flags are available. I've written out a list of all the ones I want, but I can't get out of there again, back to a #. How do I leave this please? :D
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just press q

its like a man page
 
Me again. :p

The workbook told me to type
Code: 
ls -l /usr/src/linux
after installing the kernel and checking that it said:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Oct 13 11:04 /usr/src/linux -> linux-2.4.26-gentoo-r6

Mine however says:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Oct 13 11:04 /usr/src/linux -> /usr/src/linux-2.4.26-gentoo-r6

Is that a problem? :confused:

Thanks. :)
 
Originally posted by Deadly Ferret
Me again. :p

The workbook told me to type
Code: 
ls -l /usr/src/linux
after installing the kernel and checking that it said:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Oct 13 11:04 /usr/src/linux -> linux-2.4.26-gentoo-r6

Mine however says:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Oct 13 11:04 /usr/src/linux -> /usr/src/linux-2.4.26-gentoo-r6

Is that a problem? :confused:

Thanks. :)
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Thats fine. So you chose to use the 2.4.26 kernel rather than the 2.7.x?
 
Thanks. Er not as such, I just chose "gentoo-dev-sources (kernel v2.6 source patched with performance-enhancing features)" out of the four kernels available on the liveCD as it sounded the best, and it handled the rest itself. It's odd though because according to that description it should be 2.6. :confused:


/Ah, I know what's going on. Sorry, it's my fault. I just copied and pasted what it said in the workbook, and added in the extra /usr/src myself. The time and the sourcename are from the workbook though, not my install. :D
 
I'm right at the end of the workbook now, and it's time to install packages from the CD. The workbook says to place the packages CD in the tray and then mount it, but the CD-ROM won't release the tray. I tried rebooting, then booted from the CD as that was my only option, and I'm now back in there but it still won't release the tray for me to put packages in. :confused:

Also, what should I do after that to get into Gnome instead of this setup screen?

Ta much. :)
 
If there's a disk already in there I think you'll have to unmount it using umount. 24 hours after I started and it's just finished emerge system:(.
 
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