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PostPosted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 3:02 pm    Post subject: Minmal ISO prompt for login... weird? Reply with quote

This is not my first time with Gentoo (had some installations years ago). Now want to enjoy it again, but unfortunately the minimal ISO (both x86 and amd64) prompts for login. It shouldn't of course... any solution?
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 3:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

use http://www.sysresccd.org/Download gentoo based, provides gui, works with way more hardware
same problem 2 weeks ago with amd64 only, was corrected, apparently recurring and spreading
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 11:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think I've noticed the same error. Specifically, it boots, gets to the point where init is called, and then a few seconds later, after a few steps of the init process complete, there is perhaps an error, it happens too fast to really see, and then the screen clears and I'm given a login prompt, but it rejects every username I try to give it.

I've done this with the recent minimal-install amd64 iso's. I've converted them to isohybrid so I could boot off usb stick, so I assumed that was the source of the error. But perhaps it's not as it seems others have this problem too.

For me, the most recent iso available on the mirrors that still works is:

install-amd64-minimal-20130509.iso

So you could simply try using this version.

Good luck.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 11:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

@piwacet
if you have a built in cdrom does it have the same problem as usb drive?
uefi or legacy bios?
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 4:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The latest official minimals from Gentoo have been fairly broken; +1 for System Rescue CD above.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, known issue. Only broken on some hardware configurations and Release Engineering isn't seeing it on their machines.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

DONAHUE wrote:
@piwacet
if you have a built in cdrom does it have the same problem as usb drive?
uefi or legacy bios?


Unfortunately, I don't have a cdrom drive to test this, that's too bad.

The motherboard is a 2005 era board with BIOS.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:19 pm    Post subject: gentoo docache Reply with quote

Hi all

"gentoo docache" fixes this for me. It ensures gentoo boostrap loads the whole image from the USB into ram.
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