On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 4:59 AM Michael wrote:
>
> Most Linux live media should work. Some additional steps may be required
> compared to a Gentoo Live-CD.
Not really. The process is the same. Most of that webpage is just a
disclaimer that if you're having trouble with some odd livecd you may
On Saturday, 3 October 2020 08:37:54 BST Jude DaShiell wrote:
> vinux is abandonware though for an installer environment still may work.
> I've never used one installer system to install another system myself
> though so if that's what we try it will be a new experience for me.
Most Linux live
; From: Neil Bothwick
> Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: installation problems
>
> On Fri, 02 Oct 2020 09:51:22 -0400, John Covici wrote:
>
> > OK, one problem is going to be, I need a command l ine, not a
On Fri, 02 Oct 2020 13:06:11 -0400, John Covici wrote:
> > What about something like Vinux. It's an Ubuntu respin for visually
> > impaired users, with plenty of options for screen reading and
> > magnification.
>
> I have heard of that distro, there are some others like it as well, I
> doubt
On Fri, 02 Oct 2020 11:47:26 -0400,
Neil Bothwick wrote:
>
> [1 ]
> On Fri, 02 Oct 2020 09:51:22 -0400, John Covici wrote:
>
> > OK, one problem is going to be, I need a command l ine, not a gui and
> > I need speakup, so I will have to check and see if the Ubunto latest
> > has that in the
Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 9:23 AM Peter Humphrey wrote:
>> I always use SystemRescueCD to install a new Gentoo system. Never a single
>> problem with it, other than having to set up my own working conditions every
>> time.
>>
> Personally I tend to use Ubuntu - mainly because
Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 14:43:43 - (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>>> I dunno. I tested the installer thing when it was first announced
>>> years ago. It failed to install. It kept getting hung somewhere but
>>> with no output that I could find, I didn't know what was wrong or
On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 14:43:43 - (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote:
> > I dunno. I tested the installer thing when it was first announced
> > years ago. It failed to install. It kept getting hung somewhere but
> > with no output that I could find, I didn't know what was wrong or
> > what to fix.
>
>
On Fri, 02 Oct 2020 09:51:22 -0400, John Covici wrote:
> OK, one problem is going to be, I need a command l ine, not a gui and
> I need speakup, so I will have to check and see if the Ubunto latest
> has that in the kernel.
What about something like Vinux. It's an Ubuntu respin for visually
On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 9:51 AM John Covici wrote:
>
>
> OK, one problem is going to be, I need a command l ine, not a gui and
> I need speakup, so I will have to check and see if the Ubunto latest
> has that in the kernel.
>
Yeah, I get that, though I think the ubuntu livecd has a text console
On Fri, 02 Oct 2020 09:38:54 -0400,
Rich Freeman wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 9:32 AM John Covici wrote:
> >
> > Is there anything more recent I c an use as a rescue disk? I have
> > version 5.1 but after that, not sure what they did, but could not even
> > get a decent root prompt and
On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 9:32 AM John Covici wrote:
>
> Is there anything more recent I c an use as a rescue disk? I have
> version 5.1 but after that, not sure what they did, but could not even
> get a decent root prompt and I do need zfs, otherwise there are many
> options.
>
Don't want to
On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 9:23 AM Peter Humphrey wrote:
>
> I always use SystemRescueCD to install a new Gentoo system. Never a single
> problem with it, other than having to set up my own working conditions every
> time.
>
Personally I tend to use Ubuntu - mainly because it just gives you a
nice
On Fri, 02 Oct 2020 09:23:57 -0400,
Peter Humphrey wrote:
>
> (Kmail seems to have stopped quoting the message I'm replying to.)
>
> I always use SystemRescueCD to install a new Gentoo system. Never a single
> problem with it, other than having to set up my own working conditions every
> time.
Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2020-10-02, Dale wrote:
>
>> I was talking about the Gentoo installer.
> Huh. Didn't know there was one. Is this it?
>
> https://blogs.gentoo.org/chrisadr/2018/05/02/installer-a-basic-gentoo-system-anyone-can-install/
>
>
>
>
I dunno. I tested the installer thing
(Kmail seems to have stopped quoting the message I'm replying to.)
I always use SystemRescueCD to install a new Gentoo system. Never a single
problem with it, other than having to set up my own working conditions every
time.
I don't know what version it is, but it must have been about the last
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:33:20 + (UTC), Hendrik Boom wrote:
After my son, Henk Boom, who was an earlier gentoo adopter in my
household, showed me just where the net.eth1 symlink had to go, it all
boots properly. Thanks. I had never dreamed that firewire would be
recognised as an ethernet!
On Tuesday 17 July 2007 17:03:57 Hendrik Boom wrote:
It took some trouble -- as of now I only have emerge working in the chroot
from Debian -- but after installing lvm2 it is not cheerfully recognising
all the LVM paritions at boot.
All a good learning process, glad you got it working.
Oh and
On Tuesday 17 July 2007 19:44, Mike Williams wrote:
What gives?
Gut reaction, firewire.
I've seen exactly the same on my own boxes.
Debian is doing the same too, so I'd just go add a net.eth1 symlink change
your config and use that instead, just don't remove firewire networking
support,
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