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Ok, that pulls up the file we were looking for. So once chrooted you can't access places you could before?
Also since you know the processor is there anything else I should add in there?
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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It isn't that once you're chrooted you can't pull up the file, it is that it is then in a different location. I'll try to briefly explain this concept. When you are NOT chrooted, the location of that file is:
/mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf
When you change the root (which is what chroot stands for; change root) to /mnt/gentoo, the file is still in the same place, but you are in a different default directory. That means that it is still at /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf, but you are already at /mnt/gentoo, so you would do nano -w /etc/make.conf. I hope that makes sense.
Anyway, you should add the -march option to your make.conf, and you have one mistake:
This is what you currently have
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CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe MAKEOPTS="-j3" "
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
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This is what you should have
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CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=athlon64"
MAKEOPTS="-j3" "
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
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So, basically you need to make sure that MAKEOPTS="-j3" is on its own line and not part of the CFLAGS variable, and then within the CFLAGS variable, you need -march=athlon64. That should be it. 
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Disposition96
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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-march=athlon64"
What does that do exactly? I can't seem to find it anywhere. 
Everything looks good again.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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It basically declares your processor architecture to further optimise compilations for your specific processor. For instance, on one of my computers (the one I'm using right now), I have -march=prescott because I'm using a Pentium4 based on the prescott core.
EDIT: can you please post the contents of /etc/make.conf so we can check it before moving on?
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Disposition96
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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Sure can, will also post what else I did. (Not much)
nano -w /etc/make.conf Resolves to -
| Code: | # These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically
# built this stage.
# Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example.
CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=athlon64"
MAKEOPTS="-j3" "
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
# This should not be changed unless you know exactly what you are doing. You
# should probably be using a different stage, instead.
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
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nano -w /etc/conf.d/net Resolves to -
| Code: | # This blank configuration will automatically use DHCP for any net.*
# scripts in /etc/init.d. To create a more complete configuration,
# please review /etc/conf.d/net.example and save your configuration
# in /etc/conf.d/net (this file :]!).
config_eth0=( "dhcp" )
dhcp_eth0="nodns nontp nonis"
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How do these two look?
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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Both of those look completely fine. Keep it up; you're getting there!
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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nano -w /etc/hosts
For this do I have to actually put anything here if I'm DHCP?
(I feel stupid right now, I'm an internet technician but I don't know how Linux looks at things. )
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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Don't feel stupid! You don't have to put anything in the hosts file. To get a basic installation that uses DHCP, don't worry about it.
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Disposition96
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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Haha thanks.
I'm looking at "nano -w /etc/rc.conf" right now and it's rather detailed but it doesn't look like I need to change anything, correct?
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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Nope, don't worry about that one either (right now). We're just trying to get you a base installation of Gentoo. We can go back and make changes at any time. The important thing is that we can get you up and running with Gentoo so that you can ditch that Ubuntu live environment.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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Ok so all these configs like the clock and the keyboard ect, I can make all those after the base install correct?
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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The ones that you should worry about now are:
1. /etc/fstab (already done)
2. /etc/make.conf (already done, but more stuff will be added)
3. /etc/locale.gen
4. Making sure you have the correct profile (you might want to switch to the desktop profile)
5. /etc/conf.d/net (already done)
6. /etc/conf.d/clock (need to set it to your local time [the handbook explains this task])
7. /boot/grub/grub.conf (comes later on in the handbook; worry about it when you get to it)
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The handbook talks about two systlogs, "sysklogd or syslog-ng" but when it shows you how to install them it only uses "# emerge syslog-ng" is this one the better of the two?
I'm just reading a bit ahead... and I have a few questions in hopes that I won't have to post for at least another page.
"9.b. Optional: Cron Daemon"
"9.c. Optional: File Indexing"
It says those two are optional, should I install them?
"9.d. File System Tools"
| Code: | File System Tool Install Command
XFS xfsprogs emerge xfsprogs
ReiserFS reiserfsprogs emerge reiserfsprogs
JFS jfsutils emerge jfsutils |
I didn't install XFS//ReiserFS//JFS when I setup the chroot.
I though that's what the partitions were for. :S Any way to fix this?
EDIT : The only one there that I have not done aside from the one that's further in on the handbook...
| Code: | (chroot) ubuntu linux # /etc/locale.gen
bash: /etc/locale.gen: Permission denied
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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Syslog-ng and logrotate will be fine for a basic installation. The cron daemon is the same way; just use vixie-cron for now since it is the most basic. I personally don't use file indexing, but that one is up to you. I don't find it to be beneficial. The filesystem tools are only if you used those filesystems, but since you didn't setup any partition with XFS, ReiserFS, or JFS, don't use them. Your partitions are ext2/3 and so you don't need those tools at all.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Disposition96 wrote: |
EDIT : The only one there that I have not done aside from the one that's further in on the handbook...
| Code: | (chroot) ubuntu linux # /etc/locale.gen
bash: /etc/locale.gen: Permission denied
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You need to edit it using nano:
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nano -w /etc/locale.gen
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Then, after you've made your modifications, you will save the file as normal, and run this command (once you've exited nano):
That command will essentially make your locale information active.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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When I go -
I get | Code: | | No closing quotation in /etc/make.conf |
So am I missing a closing quote or an opening quote?
| Code: | # These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically
# built this stage.
# Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example.
CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=athlon64"
MAKEOPTS="-j3" "
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
# This should not be changed unless you know exactly what you are doing. You
# should probably be using a different stage, instead.
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
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EDIT:I'm not understanding the change I'm supposed to make on the last post you did... Igot in to the file but I can't see wherey ou want me to edit it.
| Code: | # /etc/locale.gen: list all of the locales you want to have on your system
#
# The format of each line:
# <locale> <charmap>
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# Where <locale> is a locale located in /usr/share/i18n/locales/ and
# where <charmap> is a charmap located in /usr/share/i18n/charmaps/.
#
# All blank lines and lines starting with # are ignored.
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# For the default list of supported combinations, see the file:
# /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED
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# Whenever glibc is emerged, the locales listed here will be automatically
# rebuilt for you. After updating this file, you can simply run `locale-gen`
# yourself instead of re-emerging glibc.
#en_US ISO-8859-1
#en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
#ja_JP.EUC-JP EUC-JP
#ja_JP.UTF-8 UTF-8
#ja_JP EUC-JP
#en_HK ISO-8859-1
#en_PH ISO-8859-1
#de_DE ISO-8859-1
#de_DE@euro ISO-8859-15
#es_MX ISO-8859-1
#fa_IR UTF-8
#fr_FR ISO-8859-1
#fr_FR@euro ISO-8859-15
#it_IT ISO-8859-1
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, yes you are. In the MAKEOPTS line. It should just be:
You seem to have an extra space and then a quotation mark. Just get rid of it and re-save the file.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, so I have all that, now I'm on this here...
| Code: | | USE="-gtk" emerge evms[ |
Now it says, "prevent the installation of dependencies." now is that good or bad?
Also note : I edited my last post.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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You don't need evms, skip it.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, so now I'm on the Grub config, anything special there?
And every time I do a "emerge" I get a message once it's done saying...
* IMPORTANT: 4 config files in '/etc' need updating.
* See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge
* man page to learn how to update config files.
I can't seem to find how to update them.
EDIT: I skipped the frambuffer if that means anything.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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Let's get through the installation firstly, and then we can talk about how to update the config files. It is really not that difficult, but let's get inside of a working Gentoo environment before tackling that issue. With GRUB, you just need to follow the handbook. You will need to install GRUB in the MBR. All of these considerations should be explained in the grub.conf file section of the handbook. If you're unsure, please post the contents of /boot/grub/grub.conf
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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| kalos wrote: | | Let's get through the installation firstly, and then we can talk about how to update the config files. It is really not that difficult, but let's get inside of a working Gentoo environment before tackling that issue. With GRUB, you just need to follow the handbook. You will need to install GRUB in the MBR. All of these considerations should be explained in the grub.conf file section of the handbook. If you're unsure, please post the contents of /boot/grub/grub.conf |
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GNU nano 2.0.2 File: /boot/grub/grub.conf
[ New File ]
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That's all that is in there lol.
There is an example in the handbook of what I can have but with skipping the framebuffer Idon't know if it will work.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, it should be blank; I meant you can post your configuration file after you wrote it. Anyway, you should just comment out the part about a bootsplash and framebuffer. You will still need all the basic components of a dual-boot grub.conf.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | # Which listing to boot as default. 0 is the first, 1 the second etc.
default 0
# How many seconds to wait before the default listing is booted.
timeout 30
# Nice, fat splash-image to spice things up :)
# Comment out if you don't have a graphics card installed
#splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.19-r5
# Partition where the kernel image (or operating system) is located
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hda3
title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.19-r5 (rescue)
# Partition where the kernel image (or operating system) is located
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.19-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hda3 init=/bin/bb
# The next four lines are only if you dualboot with a Windows system.
# In this case, Windows is hosted on /dev/hda6.
title=Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,5)
makeactive
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hd0,5
Is that HD1 Partition 5?
I'm confused as to how this works lol.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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GRUB is always a source of confusion for people. You have to write the configuration file specifically for your system. In your case, it should be like this:
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default 0
timeout 5
title=Gentoo
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/whatever_you_named_your_kernel root=/dev/sdb3
title=Micro$oft Windoze XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
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I'll try to briefly explain each line:
1. default means that it will load the first entry, which is the first instance of "title="
2. timeout means it will hold at the menu for 5 seconds before automatically loading the default entry
3. title= is just the title line, and it really doesn't affect much (it displays your choices in the GRUB menu at boot time)
4. the root (hd1,0) means that your /boot is on the second harddrive (hd1) and the first partition (0) [GRUB starts numbering at 0, not 1]
5. the kernel location, and the root= is the actual location of root
6. don't worry about the XP stuff, it just makes it work
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