Thanks Trevor. I'm actually compiling the kernel now... things going ok... I overlooked (it was 1:00am) the 'mkefs /dev/hdb1' ... Now that I have the stage-3 tarball proper things going pretty well.
Thanks again, Shane Trevor Lauder wrote: > The label on the partition won't disappear even if you fdisk it when the recreated > partition is the exact same as it was before. In other words, if you are just > deleting the partition and recreating it the same as it was you will need to relabel > it manually. > > Also, I'm not sure about the earlier releases of Gentoo but I use 1.4 rc1 which I > would recommend unless you want to recompile your whole system when 1.4 is > officially released :) Anyways, 1.4 rc1 comes in i386, i486, i586 (plain i586, K6, > K6/2, K6/3, and pentium mmx), i686 (plain i686, Athlon, Athlon tbird, Athlon XP, > pentium 2, pentium 3, and pentium 4) for all the stages. So unless you really have > a strange combination of hardware they have a stage 1, 2, or 3 tarball that you can > use on pretty much any Intel or AMD processor. This is of course for 1.4 rc1, they > don't have this for 1.2 > > Hope this helps. > > Trevor > > Shane&Lisa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > > > >thanks for the note... > > > >Apparently the cd comes with 'wget' which is working better... so I got the > > > >Stage 3 for i586 tarball. The tarball unfortunately had errors when I untarred > >it... > > > >I think the i586 one will work on my 166mhz... (I hope) > > > >Another weird thing though. I used RedHat 8 before and the second disk on my > >machine refuses to let go of the label and the filesystem despite my fdisk > >attempts... > > > >Thanks Again, > > > >Shane > > > >Kevin Anderson wrote: > > > >> > > > >> If your computer is as old as mine, you might NEED to use a Stage 1. As I > >> remember it, the Stage 2 & especially the Stage 3 installs were designed for > >> the I686es. Which means a Pentium Pro or above. My machine is an original > >> Pentium, so I needed to do everything from the Stage 1. > >> > >> Kev. > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 12:59 PM > >> Subject: Re: (clug-talk) gentoo install... > >> > >> > Stage 1 was a hoot. I think it actually compiled for 18 hours before I > >> called it off and tried the stage three tarball. Yes, it's an old > >> computer... > >> > > >> > Shane > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 8:21 am > >> > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) gentoo install... > >> > > >> > > stage 3?? > >> > > > >> > > go stage 1 !! > >> > > > >> > > it takes a while, but its worth it! As for USE variables, all I > >> > > usually do is put "pcmcia" in for my laptop, but I always put in > >> > > "dvd" for my desktop. Plus I do compile KDE, as much as I dont > >> > > like it, it has nice apps and menus, then compile fluxbox, which > >> > > nicely inherits the kde apps. > >> > > > >> > > Other than that, really, what could your computer(s) be doing > >> > > whilst you are sleeping? > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 5:41 am > >> > > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) gentoo install... > >> > > > >> > > > Make sure that you are in /mnt/gentoo or something when you do > >> > > > that. Most of the directories on the install system are > >> > > readonly > >> > > > since they are from the CD. > >> > > > > >> > > > cd /mnt/gentoo > >> > > > lynx -soure url/file > file > >> > > > > >> > > > Jeff > >> > > > > >> > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 01:03:57AM -0600, Shane&Lisa wrote: > >> > > > > Hi All, > >> > > > > I'm trying gentoo for the first time and not having a lot of luck. > >> > > > > > >> > > > > I'm able to create/mount the file systems but when I go to > >> > > > download the > >> > > > > stage 3 tarball lynx says: > >> > > > > > >> > > > > "can't write to file" > >> > > > > > >> > > > > I'm wondering if the devices aren't mounting properly (wrong > >> > > > modules er > >> > > > > somethin'). > >> > > > > When I type mount I do get: > >> > > > > > >> > > > > /dev/hda1 mounted on /mnt/gentoo/boot (rw) > >> > > > > /dev/hda3 mounted on /mnt/gentoo (rw) > >> > > > > /dev/hdb1 mounted on /mntgentoo/usr (rw) > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Anyone else have this problem? Suggestions? > >> > > > > > >> > > > > TIA, > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Shane > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > >
