I began installing gentoo on a laptop last night, my partitions are /dev/hda1 - ntfs (gah) /dev/hda2 - ext3, boot region, 30Mb (only needs to be large enough to fit 1 bzImage really) /dev/hda3 - 500Mb swap (you can use your Debian swap) /dev/hda4 - reiserfs for the rest. - reiser or ext3 is reccommended
Brad > -----Original Message----- > From: Conrad Wolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 26 June 2003 11:49 p.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Test run for Gentoo install fest > > > 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]><200306232109.39787.csawt > [EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL PROTECTED]><2 [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 > >>>>> > >>>>>-- > >>>>>C. S. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > >-- > >Nick Rout > >Barrister & Solicitor > >Christchurch, NZ > >Ph +64 3 3798966 > >Fax + 64 3 3798853 > >http://www.rout.co.nz > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > >
