Test run for Gentoo install fest

[Conrad Wolf]

Sorry, but I won't make it to the meeting on Monday. This is 
particularly bad, because I won't be there for the test run of our 
Gentoo install fest next Saturday. My laptop is booting Nick's CD and I 
can get my NIC working. Is there anything else that could go wrong or 
that I should check?

Chris mentioned in one of his posts that 3 partitions are needed for the 
Gentoo install. What do they have to look like (size, type) and what're 
they used for. On my current Debian system I've 1 swap and 1 ext2 (/) 
partition. For data I've got a FAT32 partition that I access from Linux 
and Windows.

Cheers,
Conrad.
Nick Rout wrote:

/etc/init.d/net.eth0 start

please don't post html to the list if you can help it.

Its odd that the /etc/init.d/local script does not load the 3c59x module.

the script cycles through all the available net modules and tries to
insmod them. If one (perhaps the de4x5) hangs then it may give the
symptoms you observe.
can you give me the output of lsmod before and after you load the 3c59x
module?


On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:55:19 +0200
Conrad Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 

 
Sorry, this was supposed to go to the list, not only to Chris.
Conrad.

-------- Original Message --------  Subject:  Re: Gentoo installfest ISO files	 
 Date:  Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:43:52 +0200	 
 From:  Conrad Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>	 
 To:  Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>	 
 References:  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>	 

I've tried it again and waited at least 20 min this time, but there is 
neither network nor CD activity. With the boot option 'nonet' this 
doesn't occur. I then get to the CL and can load 3c59x, but I've no idea 
how to start the network skript. Is there an equivalent to the Debian 
'/etc/init.d/networking start'?

Cheers,
Conrad.
Christopher Sawtell wrote:

   

On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 08:09, Conrad Wolf wrote:

     

Thanks Chris!

I've downloaded the iso (checksum was ok) and burned it. When booting
with the CD I get a boot promt, but then during the boot process the box
freezes. The last output is something like 'Searching for de4x5'. I
googled for it and found that de4x5 must be a nic module. That's
somewhat obscure, because I've got a 3Com card which normally uses 3c59x.o.
  

       

So does my machine and it works ok.
How long did you wait?
That phase takes quite a long time.


     

Cheers,
Conrad.
Christopher Sawtell wrote:
  

       

On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 07:01, Conrad Wolf wrote:
    

         

Sorry to ask, but how can I download from a http url in binary mode?
When I downloaded the iso with Mozilla, the checksum and even the file
size didn't match. For ftp I normally use the gftp package, but I
couldn't connect to the http url with it.
      

           

I've found the command line utility wget to be pretty well bombproof

wget http://www.linuxnut.co.nz/dl/gentoo-distcc-clug-0.2.iso

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