On Sat, 29 May 2004 21:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > LiveCD boot, net-setup eth0 > chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash ... > Lynx, webmail > > Hi guys, if we can read this, Gentoo trial box has contact with WWW Yes, it's working.
> - maybe that's all it will ever do! ;-) Pity that. > I'll still be recommending SuSE, for tricky/newbie installs, from what I'm > going thru here. That's good, Gentoo is simply not suitable for somebody who is either a total newbie to the command line, or has difficulty following complicated written instructions precisely. However imho, once it's properly installed, the picture changes. Most of the time you can upgrade existing packages or install new software with the single emerge command. Sometimes, very occasionally, it fails to do things properly. Gentoo requires a lot of reading before you dive in. It's absolutely necessary to read and at least understand the outline of the 96 page install instruction book before you even think of approaching the keyboard. iirc, I had two total screw-ups with Gentoo in the 1.2 days before I got it installed and going properly. Don't even nightmare about installing the unstable or '~x86' version. It really isn't ready for the General Public. ( as I've just discovered, Scribus segfaults. ) -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
