On Wednesday 10 December 2003 02:06, john gennard wrote: > I'm well into my 70s and have little basis computer knowledge
Well, good for you! Most people over 50 wouldn't touch anything other than Windows. I'm glad to hear that your giving it a shot. If you can master debian, Gentoo will be a breeze once you've jumped this little hurdle. > Following the install write-up (ignoring a net connection), > I get to the point where after copying portage-20030911.tar.bz2 > to /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage As per the other post, you'll need to unpack it. > and chrooting and then running 'env-update', 'source /etc/profile' (don't > yet understand that!) Gentoo splits up what becomes the contents of /etc/profile into package specific components, which are in /etc/env.d. env-update will recreate /etc/profile from the the files in /etc/env.d. source /etc/profile will update your environment with /etc/profile. > and 'export CONFIG_PROTECT="-* /etc/make.conf', the command 'emerge -up > system' still fails with the message "no profile directory .. system mode > unavailable". The profile directory is /etc/make.profile, which is a symlink to /usr/portage/profiles/default-<arch>-1.4/. Unpacking that portage-<date>.tar.bz2 file above will fix this. > Would someone kindly tell me what I'm not doing correctly. > Also, it will be helpful to know how I point 'emerge' to > CD2 which contains packages I shall need. As per the install guide. You'll need to copy the packages to /usr/portage/packages. If you're using the one page install guide, I would suggest checking out the handbook at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/. The installation instructions there (which will eventually depracate the original one-page version) are much clearer and easier to follow. > After getting a good install, I shall connect to the net for > upgrading and pulling down other packages. At the moment, > I access the net through a separate box which contains only > my firewall, and I need a browser to reach it - this is > why I want to do the initial install without net access. This is supported on install and normal running as well. You would just need to specify a couple of environment variables, which are documented in both installation guides. Also, instead of using "emerge sync" you would/will need to use "emerge-webrsync". > I do have access to a neighbour's 1meg ADSL connection, > but only form a Win box (I got CDs 1+2 this way and burned > the images on that box). This method should also work fine, though. Good luck and feel free to post if you have any more questions! Regards, Jason Stubbs -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
