On Apr 1, 2005 11:05 AM, Robert G. Hays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Nick,
> 
> IPv6, huh?....  Hmmm....  Any way to tell it v4?
> 
> Local servers -- I did that, right under the 'stage 3' banner, and
> several are known to me as v4 capable; used themseveral times.
> 
> emerge-webrsync when it finishes says to now proceed with emerge --sync.
> 
> Given that I really, really wanted to do stage-1 & lots of
> custom/performance changes soon to get the best out of my system, don't
> I still need to do this?,  Probably  with --world or something?
> 
> Thank You!,
> rgh.
> 
> Nick Rout wrote:
> 
> >To cut a long story short it looks like the notorious ipv6 problem -
> >wherein mirrorselect choses ipv6 mirrors (because ipv6 is enabled on the
> >boot cd) but your chroot does not use ipv6.
> >
> >Find a mirror near you and put it in /etc/make.conf manually (within the
> >chroot), the mirror list is easy to find off the main gentoo.org page.
> >
> >
> >If that doesn't work use emerge-webrsync - once you have done that you
> >have enough to complete the install, you don't need to emerge --sync
> >after emerge-webrsync.
> >
> >On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 21:49 -0500, Robert G. Hays wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Gentoo universal CD + packages CD, 2004.3
> >>
> >>By-the-book, literally -- I printed it and punched it into binder !
> >>
> >>Note that I am typing & sending this in Windows, thus some data may be
> >>off a *little*, since Gentoo doesn't work.
> >>
> >>
> >>-------------
> >>stage 1 install :
> >>-------------
> >>
> >>Tried mirrorselect -a & -i, both: with & without -bX
> >>
> >>emerge --sync only finds raven, raptor, heron, hawk, crane, & cockatoo
> >>servers, no matter what.
> >>First server hit in a given run gets to about app-admin/?/io.c, at which
> >>point it gives code 30 at line 109 & code 12 at line 189 and times out,
> >>follow-on servers give nothing except list-of-files.
> >>
> >>emerge-webrsync finds one server, I forget which.  Says no md5's
> >>available at all, and quits.
> >>
> >>
> >>-------------
> >>stage 3 install :
> >>-------------
> >>
> >>same, even after I 'select with -o -i & -b10, picking ~12 *new* servers
> >>& retrying ~11 times.
> >>(Yes I mean that 'emerge --sync' hits the same 6 servers, or rather 4 of
> >>them per run, ignoring the servers I selected, or, retrying 11 times, -a
> >>-s12, recycles through same old 6.)
> >>
> >>emerge-webrsync finally found a server *I* told it to find, apparently
> >>worked, but...  emerge --sync performed per previous paragraph, except
> >>different files fetched, still the "io.c" errors above.
> >>
> >>...
> >>
> >>Rebooted to hdisk.
> >>
> >>Still can't get anything else, except one-at-a-time, and that has trouble.
> >>
> >>Can compile bzImage, can NOT compile modules without crash; seg-fault in
> >>various files, kernel panic in others.
> >>
> >>(SuSE 9.0 on target drive for ~10 months can compile anything, far more
> >>in a row than required to crash Gentoo-compiles, but oldconfig-bzImage
> >>does not match booted kernel, thus I will NOT patch-&c.  Otherwise, SuSE
> >>runs fine, always, no matter what the load.)
> >>
> >>And yes I dotted all the 'i's that I know of, in all above; 20+ years
> >>programming and everything else; I *do* know how to RTFM & *follow* it.
> >>
> >>
> >>-------------
> >>Hardware &c......:
> >>-------------
> >>
> >>Shuttle AN35N 400 Ultra+MCP mobo w/nVidia nForce2 chip ~6 months old.
> >>Never gets over ~45c.
> >>
> >>AMD XP 2700+, never gets over 51C, and that only once -- otherwise never
> >>over 47c.
> >>
> >>NO over-/under-  -clock/-voltage.
> >>
> >>1GB Centon RAM, as 512+256+256.  www.simmtester.com for 12 hours no
> >>errors, repeatedly.
> >>
> >>Maxtor 30G hda.  (Testing hd; will only fornicate with 'real' 120G when
> >>all works RIGHT.)
> >>
> >>ATI All-In-Wonder 9600 video 128MB, AGP8
> >>
> >>Sound Blaster Live Value PCI
> >>
> >>3Com '3c59x' NIC, PCI
> >>
> >>On-board Realtek sound & nic both turned off.
> >>
> >>All BIOS parms set for precisely what I have.  Precisely.
> >>-------------
> >>Netgear RP114 (updated) router between nic & Westell modem to phone-co
> >>(bellsouth) DSL 1.5m/256k.
> >>-------------
> >>Drive-parts:
> >>1) 512M dos
> >>2) 200M linux boot
> >>3) ~5.5G Win98/f32
> >>4) (extended)
> >>5) 1G unused limux (all-in-one)
> >>6) 15M hidden dos
> >>7) 15M dos
> >>8) ~1G f32
> >>9) ~1G f32
> >>10) 1G swap
> >>11) linux /, to end of drive; ~~20G.
> >>grub in 2).
> >>-------------
> >>Partitions & router are NOT negotiable!
> >>
> >>I NEED correct ATI drivers to get *ALL* functionality avail on video card.
> >>I NEED Win4Lin (for W98se under linux to solve native-mode issues).
> >>I intend other things, but these two are NOT negotiable, or else I'll
> >>just have to keep running Wunnerful-Hic!-Winders98SE-HIC!!.
> >>
> >>**POSSIBLE** that the 30G hd is bad, but I doubt, rest of machine is as
> >>solid as a planet.
> >>
> >>Why crashes & ignoring selected servers?
> >>
> >>PLEASE help!
> >>
> >>Thank you,
> >>Robert G. Hays
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >>
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After you have the new system up and running, make your changes to
make.conf for your own personal customizations (gotta love
flexibility), then do 'emerge -e world' to rebuild everything with the
new customizations.

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