Why aren't I able to set a root password?

[doom]

[BillyD]

Possibly - did you a do and install from stage 1? A common mistake is to begin at stage 1 (following the install docs) and skip the steps at stage 2 and 3, leaving you without many common binaries.
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[doom]

thanks... I'll do the stage 2 and 3 steps now

[doom]

will I have to re-enter this command:
# emerge sys-kernel/gentoo-sources

after the stage 2 and 3 are done

[BillyD]

If you already have a kernel installed and configured then I think it will work - best thing to do is try and see...
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We used to have hominid cousins that were vegetarian. The palæontological record suggests that our ancestors killed them and ate them.

[doom]

I have encountered another problem.
Most hard drives are hda but mine is hdc. How would I write hdc so that grub understands it?
hd0? hd2?

[BillyD]

Grub doesn't really care - it goes on the number of your hard drives, so the first drive is hd0, and the second drive is hd1 etc.

I have 2 drives, hdc and hde, which grub recognizes as hd0 and hd1 respectively.
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We used to have hominid cousins that were vegetarian. The palæontological record suggests that our ancestors killed them and ate them.