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Roger Sherman wrote: | Ok, tried to install about three times so far...all unmitigated disasters. I | run into the same problem every time, following the same routing. I follow | the Gentoo Handbook Installation Instructions to the letter, using | stage2-athlon-xp. My problem happens every time I get to 5.d. Configuring the | Compile Options. The first problem, although I don't know if this contributes | to my installation problem, is that when I go to set variables in | /etc/make.conf (using their exact instruction: # nano -w | /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf), I see that all of the variables after CFLAGS and | CXXFLAGS are commented out. Again...I don't know if that's part of the | problem or not, but I've tried with the variables commented out, and without
You need to set them for your hardware. Use this: http://www.freehackers.org/gentoo/gccflags/flag_gcc3.html
| them commented out, and I have the same problem each time, so probably not | part of the problem. Anyways, so then I try to select a fast mirror, and I | don't think that's working. I type | | # mirrorselect -a -s4 -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf | | and all it does is tell me that one server doesn't exist...one that seems to | be from the netherlands, or something. Doesn't say anything else about any | other servers, so no idea if it's actually doing anything.
I'd recommend changing that -s4 to -s10 so as to get more sites. After you run it go test `emerge sync` to see if it's fast enough for you. Otherwise edit /etc/make.conf and delete the first site listed in GENTOO_MIRRORS and try again. Sooner or later you'll find the best server for your location.
| Anyways, after that comes the big problem. I copy the DNS info to | /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf, which goes ok, and then I go to enter the new | environment. The Handbook says to do this: | | # chroot /mnt/gentoo /bash/bin | # env-update (which should lead to) | Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... | # source /etc/profile | | I do the first step, and it goes fine, but then, when I type in env-update, it | tells me no such command exists. So I type e and hit tab, and it lists the | command that starts with e, and there is a command called env, but nothing | called env-update. I'm assuming this is a pretty big problem...but on I go | anyways. So, the next command it says to type in is:
You missed a step somewhere or don't have something mounted correctly, go check and try again.
| # emerge sync | | Whoops, no command emerge. So, that's where I've stopped each time. Any | advice?
You have an athlon-xp chip. You can have your system built in a day if you start from stage 1. Needless to say that's what I'd do. Also, you need to realize when you start from stage 2 or 3 you have to have the compiler flags set correctly to match the stages you downloaded and are trying to use.
HTH :)
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