On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 10:11:21AM -0800, Andrew Farmer wrote: > On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 09:06:55 -0800, john gennard muttered: > > Following the install write-up (ignoring a net connection), > > I get to the point where after copying portage-20030911.tar.bz2 > > to /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage and chrooting and then running > > 'env-update', 'source /etc/profile' (don't yet understand that!) > > and 'export CONFIG_PROTECT="-* /etc/make.conf', the command > > 'emerge -up system' still fails with the message "no profile > > directory .. system mode unavailable". > > I think what you've forgotten to do is unpack the portage image. After > copying portage-########.tar.bz2 to /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage, cd to that > directory and "tar xvjf portage portage-########.tar.bz2" to unpack it. > Thank you. In fact I had unpacked the image, but foolishly I'd created a portage directory in /usr and used '-xvjpf' when unpacking and so had an extra directory. (I always have trouble with directories - one day I may learn!)
I've now got to 'emerge sys-kernel/gentoo-sources' and find that Gentoo automatically connects to my neighbours ADSL connection (I certainly did not configure anything to do with the network). I didn't get the kernel sources as ibiblio seemed to be 'crowded' - got to 71% and Gentoo got fed up of waiting. As I have most recent kernels on CD, I'll try to use one of those. Grateful for your response. I'm a bit further down the road now and also adding to my meagre knowledge. Regards, John. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
