Can I shutdown?

donde · n00b Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 17

Does the computer have to up through the whole install? I shutdown and seem to have lost everything below /mnt/gentoo (before chroot). This is my third attemped install. A couple of my errors. At Copy DNS, got "do you want to overwrite?" Said yes, and blew away Compile Options, except DNS. Why did this happen? Made a new one manually. Got to 6a, chroot and decided to do shutdown. Restarted later, and see everything below gentoo gone, which I guees is normal after chroot. But, could not find make.conf anywhere with a find. Maybe, it was in /boot on the HD. Didn't think of that. Could not do emerge 'file not found'. Just got mad and quit. put Mepis on, just to see if HD OK. Do want to get back to Gentoo, but now very tired the way install is going. I need some encouragement.
donde

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:02 pm Post subject:

donde,

Welcome to gentoo. Yes, you can shutdown in the middle of your install as many times as you need to.
You use the same process as I will describe to fit it when it won't boot too, so you will use the process several times.

To recover/contine, boot with the liveCD, now follow the handbook up to and including the chroot and the following two environment setting commands with two important exceptions.
1. Skip the section on using fdisk to partition your drive
2. Skip the section on making filesystems on your partitions.
Your partitions are made and formatted already, doing it again will destroy what you have already done.

You are now back in your install where you left off. If you were doing an emerge,

donde · n00b Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 17

Thanks for reply. What do you mean by the 2 evnironment settings commands? I must have missed that.
donde

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:59 pm Post subject:

donde,

The two commands in the handbook just after

donde · n00b Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 17

Can I do these commands at any new reboot to bring back environment where I left off?

What does the + mean in the Blocks column of fdisk? Mine is lined up with hda2, not hda1.
Is this of concern?

donde

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 6:59 pm Post subject:

donde,

Yes - any time.
At the end of the command sequence, when you are in the chroot, your own install, in whatever state it is, is running on top of the LiveCD kernel. You use this command sequence when you have done something to stop your Gentoo from booting on its own too, so keep your liveCD handy even after the install.

I don't know what the + symbol means in fdisk -l
I have lots of them.
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Regards,

NeddySeagoon

Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail.

donde · n00b Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 17

Neddy
Thanks, I'll keep what said in my notes, and hope start again with fresh outlook.

I've been looking about the plus symbol in fdisk. I believe it stands for boot order. If this is true, hda2 (swap) on my partitions would try to boot first, and then eventually get to hda1 (boot). I suppose this would work.

donde

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:32 pm Post subject:

donde,

Nope its not that.

donde · n00b Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 17

Needy

You said: The bootable flag is the * and thats ignored by most systems today

Do you mean: The bootable flag is the * and the + is ignored by most systems today?

donde

slycordinator · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:12 pm Post subject:

donde · n00b Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 17

OK

I'll drop dwelling on it. You explained it very well. Have a good weekend. Think I'll start again on Monday. I'm trying to put Gentoo on VIA EPIA M10000. Any comments on this MB would be helpfull. As you can see, I'm pretty much a Linux newbie, but giving it a go.

donde