2007.1? Or perhaps 2008.0.

tsuehpsyde · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 28 Jul 2004 Posts: 100

All you need to install Gentoo is a live environment. Just use Ubuntu CDs (that's what I do anymore). Not only can you use a console to partition your disk and do what's needed to install Gentoo, you can use the live environment to load up FireFox and read the documentation as you go.

Sure beats the LiveCD console that is provided by the Gentoo discs (and as stated above, you can just use the updated stages from drobbins).

Pretty sad that you have to use other means to get a current version of Gentoo installed, but whatever. Such is the current state of things.

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thewtex · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 93

I just finished a fresh install, and it was quite a pain.

Wish I had known about drobbins funtoo.org stages before I started. It took a couple of days instead of a couple of hours as it should have. :evil:

For people trying to upgrade from 2007.0 be aware of the following problem: you may get a warning when trying to upgrade that setarch is blocking util-linux. You can unmerge setarch since util-linux provides the same functionality per this post--
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-578534-start-0-postdays-0-postorder-asc-highlight-setarch.html

d2_racing · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:30 am Post subject:

Old School · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:39 am Post subject:

I installed it a few weeks ago without a hitch.

steveL · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:45 pm Post subject:

Well I just did a fresh install from 2007.0 last week (amd64) and it went without a hitch, mainly cos I used update which handles the expat thing automatically and also picks up on other revdeps if the ebuild issues a "revdep-rebuild somelib.so" e{warn,log,info}. It picked up libintl.so.7 or something, that I remember.

TBH I prefer that simply cos much more of my system was rebuilt with my CFLAGS. I couldn't do linux-headers and glibc til I updated kernel, but as soon as python got recompiled, portage sped up, and gcc recompiling made the process go a helluva lot quicker too. EM64T core2 duo with Gentoo rocks! :D

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morbid · Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:56 pm Post subject:

Since about 2006, I just started using RIP instead of the gentoo-minimal cd's. RIP has many releases a year, so it's hardware support is usually current. Nothing against the Gentoo install cd's, but I don't like the gui "helper" installers (which is why I don't use redhat (or something)). So, with the gentoo-minimal cd's, I'd also have to download the latest stage1 tarball. Since I've always liked RIP for maintenance at home and at work, I just stopped bothering with burning another cd (gentoo-minimal). I just boot RIP, then (as before) download the stage1 and continue with the Gentoo install doc.

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Does RIP have a SMP kernel yet?

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Kensai · Guru Joined: 09 Mar 2004 Posts: 568 Location: Puerto Rico

Well, in the topic of live systems to use for the installation of Gentoo, I might recomment system rescue cd. It is based on Gentoo and provides all its core tools. I really have learned to appreciate it as a valuable tool when an emergency hits your computer. :wink:

I have changed my hardware, so I need to reinstall, and I will give this a try maybe tomorrow.
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Kollin · Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:05 am Post subject:

boou32 · n00b Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 38

Spring is a great season to release Gentoo 2008 ( IT IS THE SEASON OF REBIRTH)

Sadako · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:48 am Post subject:

Yeah, just a pity spring is still two months away.

Anyway, what does it matter?

Gentoo is about as versionless as an operating system can get, the only difference is with the livecds which aren't even required to install in the first place.
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psomas · Developer Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 212 Location: Greece

same discussion again...

there's already a thread about the canceled 2007.1 release, and the forthcoming 2008.0...
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merged above post here.
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Naib · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject:

Assuming that DRobbins does come back in some capacity would his funtoo stageballs be used for the x86 arch?
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