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 > >> > >> > >>-- > >>[email protected] mailing list > >> > >> > >> > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > >
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. -- Brad -- [email protected] mailing list
