Hi Erv, welcome to Gentoo! > Is there a step missing in the install docs? Where it says, > > First, we will download, burn and boot a LiveCD. > > doesn't it really mean > > First, we will download, _decompress_, burn and boot a LiveCD. > [snip]
Actually, no it doesn't mean that. I suspect what has happened is that you've downloaded one of the "stages", rather than a LiveCD. A stage is like a base installation from which the rest of the system is built. The stages have names like stage1-x86-1.4_rc4.tar.bz2. You don't want these. Rather you want a "LiveCD", which is an OS-on-a-CD. Yup, a full installation of Gentoo that boots from CD. They have names like gentoo-basic-x86-1.4_rc4.iso. So, to get a LiveCD image, go (for example) to: ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/releases/1.4_rc4/x86/x86/livecd/ Hope this helps! Anthony. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
