I have been trying to get stage 1 installed on a computer. ( now refered to as monkey) but the bootstrap fails
install method
boot monkey using toms root boot and setup partitions
extract stage1 to HD ( from the cd)
also copy onto monkey ifconfig route mount swapon umount
on my other linux box create a kernel that is suitable for the monkey
create boot diskette ( cannot boot monkey using cdrom ) boot monkey
mount system and config network
env-update ( note: it is not in the search path )
source /etc/profile
emerge sync
change etc/menu.conf to i486 where appropriate
run the bootstrap.sh
first portage is installed then gettext then ncurses
ncurses failed with ' this version does not support shared libraries
during the config shared libraries is enabled ( courtesy of the ebuild file )
the configure of ncurses wants to use g++
is there supposed to be a working g++ in the stage 1 disk
i download some tutorial c++ files and tried to compile them on monkey, It would not compile on the stage1 on monkey but it compiles and runs on my other linux boxes
conclusion, there is no working g++ on stage1
is that correct ? or a bug ?
note: I have consistenly been able to reproduce this
I tried bootstrapping manually.. ie emerge X where X is apps wanted during bootstrap and ncurses still fails wiht that g++ thing
note: I have read in the forums and they recommend using su - but when I boot the monkey it guess to a root prompt because that is how stage1 bootup does it. su is not installed to top it off
cheers Mark
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