Felix Miata composed on 2015-08-05 22:23 (UTC-0400): > After reading > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Installation/Media#Minimal_installation_CD > which does not link to it until after its first mention I spent considerable > time on http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/gentoo/ trying to find one. The only iso > files I managed to find are DVD size. When I reach the location that I think > should list them, > http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/gentoo/releases/x86/autobuilds/current-iso (aka > www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo), I consistently get this instead:
> http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/images/bucket.jpg > Sorry, we cannot find your kernels My brain got entangled again. I did find the minimal install .iso, but not one corresponding to the Gentoo starting point I wanted, something resembling the date of the stage below. :-p > I really wanted to install by booting from an installed Linux anyway, but > first command after extracting stage and chrooting, I got this: > failed to run command '/bin/bash': Exec format error > When I attempted to find the stage file to download in the first place, they > all seemed to be arch-agnostic, so this is the one I tried (newest pre-Grub2): > > http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo/releases/sh/autobuilds/20120323/sh4-unknown-linux-gnu/stage3-sh4-20120307.tar.bz2 > Kernel booted from is Debian Jessie's 3.16.0-4-amd64, on a Core2Duo E8400, so > I'm confused why the apparent arch error message. ??? -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
