On Tue, February 8, 2005 1:23 pm, Nick Rout said: > > On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 13:02:56 +1300 (NZDT) > Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> My requirements are to offer an oss package on as many platforms as >> possible. I have builds on Debian, WBEL, Mandrake, FC3, SLES 9 ( and >> Windows 2000! ) fo far. >> >> Considering that those who are interested in things like playing with >> their own spam filters will probably also be those who will have taken >> the >> time to build a kernel from scratch, I'd say that the above statement is >> potentially a bit incorrect, wouldn't you? >> >> AFAICT it is nigh on impossible to install Gentoo from scratch in New >> Zealand using the instructions on the website. Correct me if I'm wrong. > > you are. i assume you are pointing again to the errors with mirrorselect. > > read this passage from part 6a of the install docs carefully: > > "Optional: Selecting Mirrors > > If you have booted from a Gentoo LiveCD, you are able to use mirrorselect > to update /etc/make.conf so fast mirrors are used for both Portage and > source code (of course this requires a working network connection): > > Code Listing 1: Selecting fast mirrors > > # mirrorselect -a -s4 -o |grep 'GENTOO_MIRRORS=' >> > /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf > > If for some reason mirrorselect fails, don't panic. This step is > completely optional, the default values suffice." ...but should I see a default entry in make.conf if it does fail? > > hmmm i have installed grub in vmware, it should just work on the primary > virtual drive, same as on any other machine. what appears to be the > problem? Like I said, I read no special instructions before I started, so I expect this is a problem of my own making.
However, the auto install of grub ( grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/sda ) failed, stating it couldn't find the device for /boot/boot! So I went in and build it manually. rebooting with grub options ( from memory, so may be a bit wrong ) root (hd0,0) kernel /kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/sda1 Fail, stating either the bootblock is corrupt, or there's something wrong with /dev/sda1. To be honest, it could be something as simple as not building ext3 support into the kernel, as emerging mkninitrd and running it was a spectacular failure! Steve > > >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> Steve >> -- >> Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. > > -- > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
