Greetings all. I am trying to install Gentoo, and not making progress.
I have no idea what I am doing wrong. I have used and installed Linux
before, Debian & Mandrake, so I am not a total newbie, but by no means
do I claim to be a master of the command line either. Here is the deal.
I have the x86 and the P4 optimized versions, live CDs, both CDs for
each. I have tried installing on two different computers, and from
stage 1 and from stage 2. I end up with the same result:
couldn't download portage-2.0.49-r4.tar.bz2. aborting
I have the PDF install instructions printed out and I am following along
with them. I assume I must be reading something wrong, skipping a
section or just a plain idiot....
When I do the following commands -->
tar -xvjf /mnt/cdrom/snapshots/portage-20030911.tar.bz2 -C
/mnt/gentoo/usr
cp -R /mnt/cdrom/distfiles /mnt/gentoo/usr/protage/distfiles
cp -a /mnt/cdrom/packages /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/packages
--> suppose to arrange things so that I don't need to download this
portage file? I've tried installing 5 times now, sure that I was just
missing a step. Whatever it is, I keep right on missing it.
Can someone please knock me on the side of the head?
Thank you very much.
Adrian
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