Re: [gentoo-user] Can't install a new system

2021-04-14 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday, 12 April 2021 12:01:28 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > Okay, step by step. First I chose the basic make.profile, number 1, and > installed my base system set - everything that doesn't need a GUI. Then I > switched to the basic desktop profile, number 5 and ran a -uav @world. So > far so

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't install a new system

2021-04-12 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday, 8 April 2021 16:47:05 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 08 Apr 2021 13:27:51 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Untarring the latest stage-3 onto /mnt/gentoo, /mnt/gentoo/var and /mnt/ > > gentoo/usr/local gets me started. Then I chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash, > > and that works too.

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't install a new system

2021-04-12 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday, 11 April 2021 12:02:27 BST Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 6:33 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I think I must have had a bad stage tarball. At any rate, that problem > > doesn't occur now. > > Possible, though it seems more likely that it was a bad repo that you > synced.

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't install a new system

2021-04-11 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Sunday, 11 April 2021 11:33:22 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday, 8 April 2021 16:47:05 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Thu, 08 Apr 2021 13:27:51 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > Untarring the latest stage-3 onto /mnt/gentoo, /mnt/gentoo/var and /mnt/ > > > gentoo/usr/local gets me

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't install a new system

2021-04-11 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 6:33 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I think I must have had a bad stage tarball. At any rate, that problem doesn't > occur now. Possible, though it seems more likely that it was a bad repo that you synced. The problem would go away the next time you ran emerge --sync

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't install a new system

2021-04-11 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday, 8 April 2021 16:47:05 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 08 Apr 2021 13:27:51 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Untarring the latest stage-3 onto /mnt/gentoo, /mnt/gentoo/var and /mnt/ > > gentoo/usr/local gets me started. Then I chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash, > > and that works too.

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't install a new system

2021-04-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 08 Apr 2021 13:27:51 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Untarring the latest stage-3 onto /mnt/gentoo, /mnt/gentoo/var and /mnt/ > gentoo/usr/local gets me started. Then I chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash, > and that works too. Then I leave the profile at the default vanilla > amd64 and

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't install a new system

2021-04-08 Thread Arve Barsnes
On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 at 14:27, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Is there really a problem with the stage-3? I think the stages are auto-generated, so I'm sure there could be problematic versions. Maybe try one from a different date. Also, post the error output if you want input on the emerge failures.

[gentoo-user] Can't install a new system

2021-04-08 Thread Peter Humphrey
Hello list, I'm trying to reinstall this system, but being blocked. I'm following the handbook installation instructions. Untarring the latest stage-3 onto /mnt/gentoo, /mnt/gentoo/var and /mnt/ gentoo/usr/local gets me started. Then I chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash, and that works too. Then I