----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Munat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 22:35 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie install.
> Hi Hoyt, > > That "cd image root#" is the command prompt... it's waiting for you to > start issuing commands. Which commands are explained in the installation > docs on the website. Having recently gone through my first install, the > best advice I can give you is follow the instructions *very* carefully. > Make sure you understand what you're supposed to do. Some of the > concepts presented can get very complicated, so give yourself plenty of > time and be (well, try anyway) patient. You can certainly ask questions > here, and the gentoo forums (forums.gentoo.org) and fairly helpful too. > It might also help to have a linux reference book or two lying around. > > Now, this might prove controversial amongst my listmates, but if this is > your first exposure ever to linux, you may want to install Mandrake or > Red Hat (they have gui installers that guide you through the > installation) and play with it for awhile to get to know linux. It's not > really the sort of thing you pick up in a day or two. On the other hand, > you may be really sharp and all the instructions will be clear as a bell > to you... if so, rock on. > > Good luck. > > b > Thanks for the comments. I have tried RH, Caldera, Debian, libernet, knoppix. So I'm not completely lost, however I dont have anyone that speaks linux. Therefore I dont understand a lot and just because I have attemped to install all of the above dosent mean that they all worked. Libernet did work but ultimally failed to entice me. I was attracted to gentoo because of the excellent documents but have already found an area where the language is unclear. For instance gentoo uses Network to mean Internet and I always thought it ment a Network of computers not necessarly connected to the internet. The learning goes on but its hard. Hoyt -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
